Neuromancer.

William Gibson

Ace Science Fiction Books, 1984 - Fiction - 271 pages

The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace . . .

Case had been the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the century's most potent visions of the future.

What people are saying

Review: Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)

User Review  - Richard - Goodreads

Rating: 4* of five The Book Report: The seminal work of cyberpunk, the novel was published in 1984 as a mass-market paperback original. It's the story of a twenty-first century dominated by Japanese ...

Review: Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)

User Review  - Angus Mcfarlane - Goodreads

Nope. Didn't get this one really. The setting seemed like a blade runner/matrix/total recall style future-dystopia, with the main character using the Internet (but not in these words in 1983) to plug ...

About the author

William Gibson was born on March 17, 1948 in Conway, S.C.. He grew up in a small town in Virginia and developed an interest in science fiction. He dropped out of high school and moved to Canada, where he eventually graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1977. Gibson earned his place in science fiction literary history with the publication of Neuromancer in 1984. Considered the first breakthrough novel written in the cyberpunk style, it won the three major science fiction awards; the Phillip K. Dick, The Hugo, and the Nebula. Set in the fast-paced world of the information superhighway, Gibson shows the negative effects of dealing with technology in cyberspace. His other works, including Mona Lisa Overdrive and the screenplay for the film Johnny Mnemonic, are filled with cynicism, high technology, and underground countercultures.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Neuromancer.; Ace Books; Ace Science Fiction; An ace science fiction and fantasy book; Remembering Tomorrow
• Author: William Gibson
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Ace Science Fiction Books, 1984
• ISBN: 0441569595, 9780441569595
• Length: 271 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction