Neuromancer
Hardcover, 371 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $25 | purchase
Book Summary
Gibson's groundbreaking debut novel follows Case, a burned-out computer whiz, who is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system. A seminal work in the genre that would come to be known as cyberpunk.
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Awards and Recognition
Nebula Award (1985); Hugo Award (1985)
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Gibson's groundbreaking debut novel follows Case, a burned-out computer whiz, who is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system. A seminal work in the genre that would come to be known as
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