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James Bareham

New York
As seen in: Medium, The Verge, Substack, Vox, Polygon, SB Nation, Curbed, Eater, The Hoops News
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Reading Neuromancer for the very first time in 2025

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By James Bareham
| Substack
I have a confession: Until I started working at The Verge in 2016, I’d never heard of Neuromancer. I was, of course, familiar with many of Neuromancer’s themes: Cyberpunk and cyberspace, computer hacking, corporate espionage, cybernetic enhancements, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and near-future worlds populated with leather jacket-wearing murderous street punks.
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Dark and moody music for writing on a deep, dark winter’s night

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By James Bareham
| Medium
Give me rainy, sonic soundscapes over sunny Lofi, at least, until spring. James Bareham · Follow 5 min read · -- Listening to “ALONE: The Empty Outpost” | Photo composition: James Bareham If I look out of my home office window right now, there’s snow on the ground, the skeletal trees stand stark against the deep ultramarine night sky, and it’s barely six o’clock in the evening. It’s winter here in New England, with forty-odd days to go until spring.
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Reading Neuromancer for the very first time in 2025

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By James Bareham
| Medium
So many sci-fi movies, anime, and video games owe a massive debt of gratitude to William Gibson’s seminal 1984 novel. James Bareham · Follow 9 min read · -- Chiba City Greens | Illustration: James Bareham I have a confession: Until I started working at The Verge in 2016, I’d never heard of Neuromancer.
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