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Discuss the novel's ending and the hooks Gibson leaves for a sequel.
The novel ends on a potential cliffhanger, leaving its conclusion up for the reader's interpretation. When Case encounters Neuromancer in cyberspace, he sees the little boy that Neuromancer adopted as his physical form alongside Linda on the beach.
When he looks closer, he realizes that the third figure is himself. This realization forces us to ask whether the Case that we follow in the final chapter is the "real" Case or whether Case, like Dixie Flatline, has been stored in a ROM and uploaded as a data-stored memory of the original Case.
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What questions does the novel's conclusion (and cyberpunk...
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