Neuromancer
Sign in to saveNeuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by William Gibson. Set in a near-future dystopia, the narrative follows Case, a computer hacker enlisted into a crew by a powerful artificial intelligence and a traumatised former soldier to complete a high-stakes heist. It was Gibson's debut novel and, after its success, served as the first entry in the Sprawl trilogy, followed by Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988).
Key facts
- Book.name
- Neuromancer
- Book.image
- Neuromancer (Book).jpg
- Book.caption
- First edition cover
- Book.author
- William Gibson
- Book.language
- English
- Book.series
- Sprawl trilogy
- Book.genre
- Science fiction (cyberpunk)
- Book.pub_date
- July 1, 1984
- Book.publisher
- Ace Books
- Book.pages
- 271
- Book.followed_by
- Count Zero
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- title
- Neuromancer
- first line
- The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
- number of pages
- 543
- publication date
- 1984-07-01
- inception
- 1983-00-00
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- Author and composition
- Inspiration
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- Context and interpretation
- Political and economic
- Technological
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- Reception
- Impact
- Adaptations
- Comic, video game and audio dramatisations
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- Television
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Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by William Gibson. Set in a near-future dystopia, the narrative follows Case, a computer hacker enlisted into a crew by a powerful artificial intelligence and a traumatised former soldier to complete a high-stakes heist. It was Gibson's debut novel and, after its success, served as the first entry in the Sprawl trilogy, followed by Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988).
Gibson had primarily written countercultural short stories for science-fiction periodicals before Neuromancer. Influences on the novel include the detective stories of Raymond Chandler, the comic art of Jean Giraud, and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch (1959). Neuromancer expanded and popularised the setting and concepts of an earlier Gibson story, "Burning Chrome" (1981), which introduced cyberspace—a digital space traversable by humans—and "jacking in", a bio-mechanical method of interfacing with computers.