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NotTHATPollyGlot t1_it9mzst wrote

Hello!

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I think you should be able to look up those terms. I found info with a quick Google search:

The Sprawl is a colloquial name for an area in the northeastern part of the United States. I haven't read the Neuromancer, so I don't know if this setting gets further explained.

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Cyberspace = The internet (but better, I think, according to the book?)

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And nerve-splicing is the procedure of grafting/sewing nerves together in order to fix damaged nerve tissue. I assume the book may talk about it as a procedure to also enhance biological traits??? I don't know, but I hope that helps!!!

Yay reading a second language!!! <3 I say keep going but have a good dictionary at the ready. I am trying so hard to get through a short story (novella) in French and I think I've only managed 3 pages so far because my brain is b...r.e...a.k...i.n..g....

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iwantolearnstuff OP t1_it9nf2z wrote

Thanks, your explanations did help!

Good luck on the french book though! As a Belgian i must say, French is a difficult language, and half my country speaks it!

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NotTHATPollyGlot t1_it9pjy0 wrote

Haha merci! I have been convinced to believe I am at "conversational basic French", but this book was also written in 1880 (L'Inondation par Emile Zola), so that could be another reason for my struggle.

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Also, yay Belgian! I am a fan of Angèle's music! :)

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