I agree, and I find it ironic, since part of the attraction of the sub-genre is the 'visual' nature of the stories, at least in terms of authors like William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, and Pat Cadigan (amongst others). Gibson in particular had a writing style that lent itself well to...
Personally speaking, I'd probably go with someone just a bit younger (in their 40s) like Tom Hardy for the role of Slippery Jim. I have not ready any books from that series in a long, and I mean long time. My memories of the series are pretty vague other than enjoying them quite a bit.
On the...
Many years ago I would have answered with William Gibson's Neuromancer. But the aesthetic of that novel, and its genre, has been utilized so heavily over the years by so much entertainment that it no longer holds that appeal for me, as an adaptation. (I still really love the novel.) As an...