> adult-themed books more about personal problems with sci-fi on the side I'm not sure I agree with this. I love the sprawl trilogy, but my feeling has always

> adult-themed books more about personal problems with sci-fi on the side I'm not sure I agree with this. I love the sprawl trilogy, but my feeling has always been that the entire plots are excuses for the big set piece events. The characters exist so that he can write vivid scenes and try to paint a picture, everything between is just so they get to the right places for him to do that. > it is actually part one of a number of book with the same character (e.g., Count Zero). I don't think there's were any character overlaps between Neuromancer and Count Zero, are there? Mona Lisa Overdrive certainly does.