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Neuromancer
William Gibson
Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by William Gibson. Set in the near future, 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).
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One of the first works to bring the word "cyberspace" into popular culture, it helped establish cyberpunk, a science-fiction subgenre blending computer-hacker culture, A.I. and other futuristic elements into technology-driven adventures.
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