Neuromancer

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

Spectacular and inventive science fiction -- one of the modern classics. Gibson is often credited with creating the framework for the genre tropes associated with Cyberspace and Cyberpunk as a literary form. In Neuromancer, we have the prototypical cyberpunk elements -- a young, counter-culture protagonist, who makes use of cutting edge technology...in this case a worldwide computer network that can be biologically "jacked into", to fight against a larger organization. Gibson's edgy imagery and terminology may sound commonplace to a present-day reader, but Neuromancer was extremely prescient at the time it first came out. It's a Hugo , Nebula and Philip K. Dick award winner -- and justifiably so. Neuromancer is an absolute classic and shouldn't be missed by any science fiction or speculative fiction fan. -- recommended by Scott C. - Bennett Martin Public Library

[ official Neuromancer page on the official William Gibson web site ]

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