Neuromancer
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Gibson, William Author
Series
Sprawl trilogy volume 1
Published
Penguin Publishing Group , 2000.
Status
Checked Out
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Description
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.
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Format
eBook
Street Date
07/01/2000
Language
English
ISBN
9781101146460
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George Alec Effinger and William Gibson write innovative cyberpunk novels with intricate plots and rich characterization, in richly detailed near-future settings. Effinger's tone is more satirical whereas Gibson often soberly cautions readers on the impact of technology on society, but both write dark, gritty science fiction. -- Kaitlyn Moore
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Published Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Review
William Gibson fans will welcome the 20th-anniversary edition of Neuromancer, the SF novel that launched cyberpunk and anticipated the Internet age. Gibson provides a new introduction, "The Sky Above the Port." (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Library Journal Review
Neuromancer is a fitting commemoration of the tenth anniversary of publication of Gibson's Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel. The text is abridged, read by the author, and enhanced with music, sound effects, and other audio engineering. The plot contains sex, drugs, black market body parts, virtual reality, electronic relationships, pleasure palaces, murder, mayhem, cloned assassins, and intrigue in cyberspace, with nary a virtual nice guy in the mix. Wow! There's just enough time to take a deep breath between cassettes, as the listener is bombarded with strong language, tumultuous violence, and compelling imagery. Terrific stuff. Gibson's horrifying vision of our terrible headlong rush to nowhere is a must for science fiction and adult fiction collections.-Cliff Glaviano, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., Ohio (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gibson, W. (2000). Neuromancer . Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gibson, William. 2000. Neuromancer. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gibson, William. Neuromancer Penguin Publishing Group, 2000.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Gibson, W. (2000). Neuromancer. Penguin Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gibson, William. Neuromancer Penguin Publishing Group, 2000.
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