Neuromancer

a ground-breaking success and, along with the ensuing Sprawl trilogy, is responsible for kickstarting the Cyberpunk sub-genre and instilling the concept of cyberspace into the popular imagination, inspiring writers and filmmakers the world over. * Empire *Set for brainstun…one of the most unusual and involving narratives to be read in many an artificially induced blue moon! * The Times *A masterpiece that moves faster than the speed of thought and is chilling in its implications * New York Times *Gibson is the Raymond Chandler of SF * Observer *Gibson is up your alley. He is a technological fantasist with unparalleled sensitivity … wired direct to the mains * NME *

William Gibson was born in South Carolina in 1948. Educated in the USA, he emigrated to Canada in 1968 and retains dual nationality. Gibson began writing in 1977 and burst upon the literary world with his acclaimed first novel, NEUROMANCER, the book that launched the cyberpunk generation, and the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction, the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards. Although best known for his early cyberpunk novels, Gibson’s work has continued to evolve over the ensuing years, always casting an astute critical eye on modern societal trends. In 1999 The Guardian praised him as ‘probably the most important novelist of the past two decades’. His most recent books include ZERO HISTORY and THE PERIPHERAL.