The Neuromancer Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Gibson
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cyberpunk
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Earth, several orbiting space stations, and the cyberspace matrix, a computer-generated alternate reality
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Earth, Information science or systems, Computers, Artificial intelligence, Parallel universes or alternate dimensions
- Locales: Earth, Solar system
The Plot
These three novels constitute a loose trilogy. Several characters recur, and the stories are set at roughly the same time, involving many of the same locations, particularly the Sprawl, the megalopolis stretching from Boston to Atlanta. All three novels deal with computer “cowboys” surfing for information on the world’s cyberspace matrix.
Neuromancer begins in Japan with the recruitment of Case, a burned out matrix cowboy turned hustler, by Armitage, an agent for persons unknown. Armitage uses Molly, a street warrior, to collect Case. They build a...
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