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> The Neuromancer AI made a copy of Case to keep its copy of dead Linda company: A small detail - while it's left ambiguous, FWIW I always thought that was Dix
by feral 8y ago
> The Neuromancer AI made a copy of Case to keep its copy of dead Linda company:
A small detail - while it's left ambiguous, FWIW I always thought that was Dixie, not a copy of Case.
That's why Case hears Dixie's laughter at the very end; earlier Dixie disappears and Neuromancer says he got more than his wish; later, Case asks where Dixie is and Wintermute/Neuromancer says its kind of hard to explain.
This makes the ending a little darker.
- armitron 8y agoThere is no ambiguity: "Linda still wore his jacket; she waved, as he passed. But the third figure, close behind her, arm across her shoulders, was himself." It's hinted (in the next two books) that the construct merged with the AI and is part of the Loa phenomenon.
- feral 8y agoYeah; but I thought that was Dixie in Case's 'body', presumably so Linda thought it was Case. I.e. Dixie steals his identity in Neuromancer's virtual world. That wouldn't preclude the merge; if anything the merge precludes the construct being deleted. Maybe not.