The use of the term event horizon strikes me because of when it is used in the story. Linda takes the word from Neuromancer to describe the simulated beach they inhabit: “[He] said it was like . . . an event. An’ it was our horizon. Event horizon, he called it.” The common definition, the point of no return, works with Case’s situation as once he choses to leave Neuromancer's beach Case sets up the events that ultimately finish Wintermute’s plan. As Neuromancer says, “You have already won, don’t you see? You won when you walked away from her on the beach. She was my last line of defense.”
The event horizon can also be described as a boundary where events taking place beyond it can’t reach an outside observer. Similarly, Neuromancer gives Case
The event horizon can also be described as a boundary where events taking place beyond it can’t reach an outside observer. Similarly, Neuromancer gives Case