Neuromancer ending

At the end of Neuromancer, Gibson answers many of our questions, but seems to purposely leave some unanswered. One facet of the story that I felt he closed up was the part about Wintermute. All throughout the story Wintermute tells Case of his "other half" which we do not meet until the very end of the story. His other half is Neuromancer, an AI construct found on the Spindle in Villa Straylight under the control of Tessier Ashpool corporation. At the end of the story Wintermute and Neuromancer are rejoined and they become the most powerful AI "alive" and search through space for another AI in the Alpha Centauri star system.

Another loose end that is tied up in The story is of Corto/ Armitage. WE find that the surreal Armitage mentality is stripped away to reveal the true man beneath all of the augmentations, Corto. It is in a way unfortunate that Corto is killed by Wintermute because he just wants to live, but Wintermute cannot have him running around spilling his secrets.

One part of the story that I do not feel was wrapped up was the part about Flatline Dixie's consciousness. I feel that the story could have done a little better job explaining exactly what happened to him. The story ends with Flatline's consciousness disappearing, thought to be destroyed. But at the very end as the story pans through space, the sound of disembodied laughing is heard. Which is a characteristic of Flatline. Which leads many to believe that Dixie worked out a deal with Neuromancer/Wintermute to exist inside the construct.