Kind of odd that Benny, after successfully evading a bullet trips over a piece of concrete in the road. It sort of ruins the illusion of him being an infallible badass. Other than that small gripe, I enjoyed this entry.
Reading through this makes me want to finish Neuromancer. I started reading it years ago, but I kept getting hung up on the language Gibson used. I didn’t understand a good portion of it, so it made it hard for me to finish.

Yeah, Neuromancer is a difficult read the first time around. I loved it, but had to read it three times before I totally understood everything that happened. Good book on the first read-through, fantastic book on the second.

And as far as Benny being an infallible badass, he’s not. Just a rough and tumble guy jacked up on drugs and cybernetic implants. Was it not clear in the story that the reason he tripped was because of momentary blindness as his cybernetic eyes shifted to lowlight?

It was clear. I just kind of figured him for the type of guy who noticed everything all at once. Having him stumble ruined my illusion of him, not necessarily your creation of him. Does that make sense? I didn’t necessarily mean it as a critique, more of an outward expression of what I felt when it happened. I think my comment came out wrong now that I re-read it.

Absolutely great intensity here…real heartpounding stuff!