"Wintermute was hive mind, decision maker, effecting change in the world outside."

— Gibson, William (b. 1948)


Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Ace Books
Date
1984
Metaphor
"Wintermute was hive mind, decision maker, effecting change in the world outside."
Metaphor in Context
Wintermute was hive mind, decision maker, effecting change in the world outside. Neuromancer was personality. Neuromancer was immortality. Marie-France must have built someting into Wintermute, the compulsion that had driven the thing to free itself, to unite with Neuromancer.
(p. 269)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
William Gibson, Neuromancer (New York: Ace Books, 1984).
Date of Entry
07/31/2015

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.