![]() ![]() ![]() Gibson’s vision remains as penetrating into technology and society then as today. Richard Morgan’s Takeshi Kovac's novels, Ian McDonald’s River of Gods, the Wachowski brothers’ The Matrix, Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, Masumune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell, Iain Banks’ Culture novels – just to name a few - all owe varying degrees of recognition to the seminal influence that is Neuromancer.Īn underground success when it was released in 1984, building to a huge readership in the years that followed, Neuromancer is no worse for the wear. As The Lord of the Ringswas a watershed event that shaped the decades of epic fantasy to come, so too has William Gibson’s novel of a console cowboy riding through cyberspace shaped and influenced a myriad of science fiction since the 80s. There are specific moments in literary history that define future generations. ![]()
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