Thanks to everyone for the recommendations, here’s the list, my comments are in italics (Oh and I’m going to try read them all, if I haven’t already):
deplorableword : House of Leaves
John Braine : The Wasp Factory (Read it, great book)
Dan T. : Snow Crash or Shadow and Claw
miladinoski : Blood Eagle - A good crime novel :)
Avery Dale : The Hyperion Series by Dan Simmons (I effing love Dan Simmons)
Gina : Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Alan Geraghty : Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
blaine23 : A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin. But be prepared to be patient waiting for future installments.
nicklas : Iain Banks’ “Espadair Street” or Tim Powers’ “Declare”. (Read Espadir street, great book)
fancyprosestyle : Fluke, or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore, or Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (My first Neal Stephenson, now there’s an idea)
insertname : pick something by David Brin or Iain M Banks. both are excellent authors. (Iain [M] banks is excellent, I agree)
urbanape : Water Music by T. Coraghessan Boyle
atsween : “Altered Carbon” by Richard K Morgan
nosmo : Not my favourite book, but I would recommend some JG Ballard- he has the same nightmarish aesthetic and social critique without much futurism (He did Empire of the Sun right? Loved that)
Stewart Curry (@irishstu) : Hurray! Comments! If you loved Neuromancer then check out Iain M Banks - Use of Weapons and The Player of Games are a good start. (Another Banks fan! I’ve read a few of his non -sci-fi stuff, The Crow Road jumps to mind as a favourite)
emily-jane : the time travellers wife - audrey niffenegger - dont be put off my the film trailers, it’s a mind bender. (Em, you’re the glamest nerd I know :D)
cheerschopper : cryptonomicon
ultralight : lexicon
redcloud : It’s dated, but The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner comes to mind. (So was Neuromancer but it still rocked)
3countylaugh : Perdido Street Station OR if you’ve read that try City of Saints & Madmen
brilliantorange : The Magus by John Fowles will twist your melon.
un : The Bible (wink wink nudge nudge) (VERY FUNNY ESAU!!! :p)
vmarinelli : Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
chelito : Time’s Arrow, by Martin Amis.
inspiro : Hi! How about “The Descarte´s error”?: amazon.com/Descart… (It’s now on my list!)
nolagrrlnyc : I’ll 2nd or 3rd Palahnuik & toss in Neil Gaimen American Gods, something by Christopher Moore, maybe Stephen Donaldson’s Gap series (American Gods ROCKED!)
funsizebytes : Lamb, by Christopher Moore
yobrandon : Try Percy Jackson and the Olympians
courtneyj : Well, Neuromancer is the start of a trilogy, so you need to read Count Zero then Mona Lisa Overdrive. (I will but gonna take a break from Gibson first)
toldorknown Still Life With Woodpecker—or if you’re feeling ambitious, read try the Dark Tower series (Oh I read the first 3 dark Towers and I loved them, will start from the beginning again I think)
conundrum7 : Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk. I know I’m copying, but it’s a great book.
carlovely : geek love (The owl tattoo adds +++ to your recommendations)
maxmorphing : Cervantes Don Quixote, Rabelais Gargantua et Pantagruele… but isn’t scifi
berezina : Could try ‘Islands in the Net’ by Bruce Sterling.
inky : Check out the Burning Chrome book of short stories as well! I’ve started reading Philip K Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” (Shockingly, I haven’t read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep yet - I need to remedy that)
tiffany : Killing Your Self to Live by Chuck Klosterman or Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor looks very clever - I better get a good night’s sleep first)
benkraal : Stay with William Gibson and read Pattern Recognition. (Soon!)
evanwalsh : Count Zero is good. So is Ender’s Game and Snow Crash. All scifi