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Neuromancer
โ Scribed by Gibson, William
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Year
- 2000;2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Edition
- Ace trade paperback edition (author introduction)
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
One of the most important and influential novels of our time.*Neuromancer* is the multiple award-winning novel that launched the astonishing career of William Gibson. The first fully-realized glimpse of humankind's digital future, it is a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.Now, for the first time, Ace Books is proud to present this groundbreaking literary achievement in a new trade paperback edition. Winner of science fiction's 'Triple Crown'--the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. Includes the special afterword Gibson wrote for the 10th anniversary hardcover edition published by Ace"A mind-bender of a read." --*The Village Voice*"Freshly imagined, compellingly detailed, and chilling in its implications." --*New York Times*"Kaleidoscopic, picaresque, flashy and decadent...an amazing virtuoso performance." --*Washington Post*"It made me want to live in its world." --*San Francisco Chronicle*"A revolutionary novel." --*Publishers Weekly*"Gibson is tapped straight into our collective cultural mainline and shows no sign of stopping." --*Spin*"Gibson has revitalized science fiction as no other single force in a generation." --*Rolling Stone*"Epic in scale." --*Wall Street Journal*"The quintessence of cyberpunk." --*Washington Post Book World*
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