With Neuromancer, the greatest cyberpunk novel of all time will come to the screen.
But will it need an upgrade?
Science fiction is, almost by definition, an invitation to create anachronisms.
No technological retcon was needed; as long as the audience does a bit of mental gymnastics.
The show is created by Graham Roland and J.D.
Dillard with Gibson serving as an executive producer.
InNeuromancer, the menacing AI Wintermute was scary and memorable as hell.
(Mission: ImpossiblesThe Entity is a near-total ripoff of Wintermute fromNeuromancer.)
The key toWestworldsaesthetic success was a minimalist approach.
Science fiction is an artform that endures because we understand imagination runs into the past and future.
By lettingNeuromancerremain a cellphone-less world, were letting science fiction be its purest, most interesting self.
