CRITICISM

Davies, Stan Gébler. “Great Balls of Fire.” Punch 288, no. 7522 (6 February 1985): 54.

Davies compliments Gibson's dialogue in Neuromancer, calling it “a clever concoction of gangster talk and computer-speak.”

Gibson, William, and Mikal Gilmore. “The Rise of Cyberpunk.” Rolling Stone, no. 488 (4 December 1986): 77-8, 107-08.

Gibson discusses the critical reception of Neuromancer, the inspirations behind the novel, and the genre of cyberpunk fiction.

Greenland, Colin. “Possess, Integrate, Inform.” Times Literary Supplement, no. 4262 (7 December 1984): 1420.

Greenland characterizes Neuromancer as a “hard-boiled crime thriller.”

Lancashire, Ian. “Ninsei Street, Chiba City, in Gibson's Neuromancer.” Science-Fiction Studies 30, no. 2 (July 2003): 341-43.

Lancashire comments on how Gibson uses the setting of Ninsei Street in Neuromancer as a metaphor for the novel's cyberspace matrix.

Platt, Charles. “Science Fiction.” Washington Post Book World 21, no. 34 (29 July 1984): 11.

Platt offers high praise for Neuromancer, hailing the novel as a “virtuoso performance” and a state-of-the-art work of fiction.

Wytenbroek, J. R. “Cyberpunk.” Canadian Literature, no. 121 (summer 1989): 162-64.

Wytenbroek examines Gibson's “Sprawl” series and asserts that Neuromancer is overloaded with “technical jargon” which obscures the main plot.

Additional coverage of Gibson's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 12; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 126, 133; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 52, 90, 106; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 39, 63; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; Contemporary Popular Writers; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 251; DISCovering Authors Modules: Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 2; St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, Ed. 4; Science Fiction Writers, Ed. 2; and Short Story Criticism, Vol. 52.