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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.
Awards and Recognition
Nebula Award (1985); Hugo Award (1985)
Genres:
This book is about:
- Nervous system,
- Business intelligence,
- Conspiracies,
- Wounds and injuries,
- Japan,
- Information superhighway,
- Computer hackers,
- Science fiction,
- Fiction
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