Neuromancer’s Iconic Opening Line Hits Hard 40 Years Later

Arguably, one of the greatest opening lines in sci-fi is from William Gibson's Neuromancer :

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

Published a little over 40 years ago in 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer is considered one of the most seminal works in science fiction. It is often cited as the first book that crystallized the cyberpunk genre and helped define some of its main tropes and storytelling devices. Everything from The Matrix to Ghost in the Shell has been deeply influenced by it.

After all these years, Neuromancer is finally getting a major small-screen treatment on Apple TV. It is hard not to see how it is the perfect time for the iconic sci-fi book's on-screen adaptation because of how relevant and hard-hitting its ope