I went home and was going to bed, and since the room i sleep in is full of books it's like a mini library (i dont have a proper room, in fact most of my clothes are in boxes), i browsed through the shelves to see what stories i should serenade myself with to sleep.
And there I saw, Neuromancer; a book by William Gibson. I remembered taking this book from my uncle's house (He has the full collection of National Geographic and Reader's Digest and some skipped volumes of Nylon and Life - he really lives in a library).
I remembered not liking this book, published in 1984, because i just couldn't understand it. It's about some cyber-punk thing, and was just heavy for me at that time.
But that night, I thought I should just give it another go - a tribute to my uncle.
So I read. And it has one of the best opening lines.
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel"
I thought it was really smart; I had never imagined something cyberatic could take on poetic nuances.
And so, the opening line got me hooked. I read on until it was almost one fourth of the book. Another line I thought was good:
"Anybody any good at what they do, that's what they are right?"
Just spot on. Witty and true. Frank and poetic. Which i love.
And so tonight, after such an eventful evening (it was random!), what better way to top it with but a good book and Milo (yeah, we dont have cocoa powder for hot choc. 'tis the Malaysian style :p).
Let's see if the ending is any good. Well one of my many habits - to read first few pages and last few pages first. But i purposely skipped the ending for this one for surprise factor. (Yeah, my life is boring, i need cheap thrills to spice it up. haha!)
Goodnight everyone.
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