Neuromancer

william gibson

SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION —THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE PAST TWO DECADES

Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down. The winner of Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer didn't just explode onto the science fiction scene—it permeated into the collective consciousness, culture, science, and technology.

Today, there is only one science fiction masterpiece to thank for the term "cyberpunk," for easing the way into the information age and Internet society. Neuromancer's virtual reality has become real. And yet, William Gibson's gritty, sophisticated vision still manages to inspire the minds that lead mankind ever further into the future.

Genres science fictionfictioncyberpunkclassicsdystopiascience fiction fantasyfantasyaudiobooknovelsspeculative fiction

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1984

Series

Sprawl

Literary awards

hugo award, nebula award, locus award, british science fiction association award, philip k. dick award, john w. campbell memorial award, ditmar award, sf chronicle award, tähtivaeltaja award, prix aurora award, seiun award 星雲賞,

Places

chiba tokyo, new york city new york, istanbul,

This edition

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Published: November 2, 2004 by Ace
ISBN: 9780441012039
ASIN: 0441012035
Language: English

Characters More characters

Armitage

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Lady 3jane Marie-france Tessier-ashpool

The shared current leader of Tessier-Ashpool SA, a company running Freeside, a resort in space. She lives in the tip of Freeside, known as the Villa Straylight. She controls the hardwiring that keeps the companys AIs from exceeding their intelligenc...
Henry Dorsett Case

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Wintermute

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The Dixie Flatline

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Molly Millions

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About the author

william gibson

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, having coined the term cyberspace in 1982 and popularized it in his first novel, Neuromancer (1984), which has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide.

While his early writing took the form of short stories, Gibson has since written nine critically acclaimed novels (one in collaboration), contributed articles to several major publications, and has collaborated extensively with performance artists, filmmakers and musicians. His thought has been cited as an influence on science fiction authors, academia, cyberculture, and technology.

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