I could not finish this book. The book is good but old. He asks "[w]hat if the act of writing it down, in fact, brought it about?" There he finds the consciousness of Linda Lee, his girlfriend from Chiba City, who was murdered by one of Case's underworld contacts. [42], This article is about the novel. She is the third clone of the original Jane. Lo bueno de la novela es el universo que describe y se nota que fue precursora del género ciberpunk. Case's nervous system is repaired using new technology that Armitage offers the clinic as payment, but he soon learns from Armitage that sacs of the poison that first crippled him have been placed in his blood vessels as well. He first appears when Molly brings Case to him for a scan to determine if Armitage has had any implants installed in Case's body. [1] After viewing the first 20 minutes of landmark cyberpunk film Blade Runner (1982), which was released when Gibson had written a third of the novel, he "figured [Neuromancer] was sunk, done for. Dave Langford reviewed Neuromancer for White Dwarf #59, and stated that "I spent the whole time on the edge of my seat and got cramp as a result. . It was available for a variety of platforms, including the Amiga, the Apple II, the Commodore 64, and for DOS-based computers. Wintermute/Neuromancer contacts him, saying that it has become "the sum total of the works, the whole show," and has begun looking for other AIs like itself. Designed by Bruce J. Balfour, Brian Fargo, Troy A. I must say I was truly dissapointed with the poor art work. [24] "After watching The Matrix, Gibson commented that the way that the film's creators had drawn from existing cyberpunk works was 'exactly the kind of creative cultural osmosis" he had relied upon in his own writing.'"[25]. [2] John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) influenced the novel;[3] Gibson was "intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the Warden says to Snake 'You flew the Gullfire over Leningrad, didn't you?' Riviera blinds Hideo with a concentrated laser pulse from his projector implant, but flees when he learns that the ninja is just as adept without his sight. Lady 3Jane Marie-France Tessier-Ashpool : The shared current leader of Tessier-Ashpool SA, a company running Freeside, a resort in space. In the epilogue, Molly leaves Case. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . The Best Cyberpunk Comics [Publishers Weekly], 24 New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Novels Readers Are Loving. Unlike Wintermute, Neuromancer has no desire to merge with its sibling AI—Neuromancer already has its own stable personality, and believes such a fusion will destroy that identity. "[1] The novel's street and computer slang dialogue derives from the vocabulary of subcultures, particularly "1969 Toronto dope dealer's slang, or biker talk". With the benefit of hindsight, we can see that the most prescient novel associated with the year 1984 was not one written by George Orwell. ", "Exclusive Interview: Vincenzo Natali on Haunter", "Chinese outfit boards sci-fi 'Neuromancer, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neuromancer&oldid=993590895, Nebula Award for Best Novel-winning works, Texts related to the history of the Internet, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 December 2020, at 11:56. It's a shame the book doesn't cover the complete novel. [32], A video game adaptation of the novel—also titled Neuromancer—was published in 1988 by Interplay. . He separates the bridge section from the rest of the yacht without closing its airlock, and is killed when the launch ejects him into space. Neuromancer is an important part of the cyberpunk genre, which was deeply tied to technological advances around the world in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. [1]. When Linda Lee (see below) is murdered, Case finds evidence that Deane ordered her death. [41], In August 2017, it was announced that Deadpool director Tim Miller was signed on to direct a new film adaptation by Fox, with Simon Kinberg producing. The tantalizing question about William Gibson's ideas in his novel Neuromancer involves their relationship with the course that the Web took and continues to take as Neuromancer's … 'Neuromancer' graphic novel (1989) The graphic novel covers only the first third of 'Neuromancer' (chapters 'Chiba City Blues' and 'The Shopping Expedition'). [38] In August, 2012, GFM Films announced that it had begun casting for the film (with offers made to Liam Neeson and Mark Wahlberg), but no cast members have been confirmed yet. Finally, Corto breaks through the remains of the Armitage personality, but he is uncontrollable, and Wintermute kills him by ejecting him through an airlock into space. After some months in the hospital, Corto was visited by a US government official, who returned him to the United States to receive computer-aided psychotherapy and reconstructive surgery and to be able to provide what he came to realize was false testimony, designed to mislead the public and protect the senior military officers who had covered up knowledge of the EMP weapons. The helicopter was shot down by Finnish defense forces mistaking it for a hostile aircraft, and everyone aboard was killed except for Corto, who was seriously wounded and disfigured. But as. The Russian military had learned of the idea and installed defenses to render the attack impossible, but the military went ahead with Screaming Fist, with a new secret purpose of testing these Russian defenses. I call up the dead. Gibson himself coined the term "cyberspace" in his novelette "Burning Chrome", published in 1982 by Omni magazine,[20] but it was through its use in Neuromancer that it gained recognition to become the de facto term for the World Wide Web during the 1990s. Case is tasked with entering cyberspace to pierce the Turing-imposed software barriers using a powerful icebreaker program. Neuromancer is the multiple award-winning novel that launched the astonishing career of William Gibson. Shepherded into existence by psychedelic pioneer Timothy Leary, Neuromancer is an ambitious title for the time, letting users explore real-world Chiba City, Japan, as well as computer networks, entering combat with … Before Neuromancer, Gibson had written several short stories for prominent science fiction periodicals – mostly noir countercultural narratives concerning low-life protagonists in near-future encounters with cyberspace. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Welcome back. Armitage needs Pauley's hacking expertise, and the ROM construct is stored in the corporate headquarters of media conglomerate Sense/Net. In fact, he writes the forward and offers an interesting glimpse into his view on comic books and the few adaptations that had already been made of his work (as of 1989). Neuromancer is a science fiction novel by William Gibson that had a major impact on the cyberpunk genre and our broader ideas of the role of computers in … ", best English-language novels written since 1923, "Contemporary Trends in Science Fiction Criticism, 1980–1999", "Postmodern Science Fiction and Cyberpunk", "Natali takes "NEUROMANCER" for the big screen", "Seven Arts Announces New Distribution Venture With GFM Films", "Will Liam Neeson and Mark Wahlberg be plugging into Neuromancer? Neuromancer tells the story of a team of criminal experts performing a mission of computer subterfuge against a background of high technology and violent crime. The Tessier-Ashpools spend most of their inactive time in cryonic preservation in a labyrinthine mansion known as Villa Straylight, located at one end of Freeside, a cylindrical space habitat at L5, which functions primarily as a Las Vegas-style space resort for the wealthy. [4], Neuromancer was commissioned by Terry Carr for the second series of Ace Science Fiction Specials, which was intended to feature debut novels exclusively. He escapes, partly because Maelcum gives his body an overdose of a drug that can bypass his augmented liver and pancreas. There's some nice artwork here. As promised there has been change, but what that change means is left ambiguous. It featured, as a soundtrack, a computer adaptation of the Devo song "Some Things Never Change.". The Tyee. It is quite well done, and the cyberspace sequences look very good. In … Neuromancer (1984) by American-Canadian writer William Gibson is a Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction novel. He represents old stories in a revealing revamped intertexual [sic] pastiche."[9]. Neuromancer's release was not greeted with fanfare, but it hit a cultural nerve, quickly becoming an underground word-of-mouth hit. Bueno... ¡terminado y no me explotó la cabeza!. Hideo : Japanese, ninja, Lady 3Jane's personal servitor and bodyguard. Once a talented computer hacker, Case was caught stealing from his employer. None of these projects have come to fruition, though Gibson had stated his belief that Cunningham is the only director with a chance of doing the film correctly. -- Norman Spinrad "Science Fiction of exceptional texture and vision. "[1] Gibson later commented on himself as an author circa Neuromancer that "I'd buy him a drink, but I don't know if I'd loan him any money," and referred to the novel as "an adolescent's book". Molly also appears in the short story "Johnny Mnemonic", and re-appears (using the alias "Sally Shears") in Mona Lisa Overdrive, the third novel of the Sprawl Trilogy. Necromancer. Sure, most of it didn't end up quite like WG imagined, but the visually impressionistic approach of The Grim Cyber-Future is nicely presented. The themes he developed in this early short fiction, the Sprawl setting of "Burning Chrome" (1982), and the character of Molly Millions from "Johnny Mnemonic" (1981) laid the foundations for the novel. He and a few survivors commandeered a Soviet military helicopter and escaped over the heavily guarded Finnish border. Retrieved January 16, 2012. Wintermute believes Riviera will pose an irresistible temptation to her, and that she will give him the password. [1] He added the final sentence of the novel at the last minute in a deliberate attempt to prevent himself from ever writing a sequel, but ended up doing precisely that with Count Zero (1986), a character-focused work set in the Sprawl alluded to in its predecessor.[7]. Neuromancer tries to convince Case to give up and remain in the virtual world with Linda, but Case refuses. Gibson’s debut novel is the first in the Sprawl Trilogy. The Turing Law Code governing AIs bans the construction of such entities; to get around this, it had to be built as two separate AIs. [citation needed] Psychologist and futurist Dr. Timothy Leary was involved, but very little documentation seems to exist about this proposed second game, which was perhaps too grand a vision for 1988 home computing. For the video game, see, Leiren-Young, Mark (January 6, 2012). Neuromancer's most notable feature in the story is its ability to copy minds and run them as RAM (not ROM like the Flatline construct), allowing the stored personalities to grow and develop. According to an episode of the American version of Beyond 2000, the original plans for the game included a dynamic soundtrack composed by Devo and a real-time 3D-rendered movie of the events the player went through. [27] The success of Neuromancer was to effect the 35-year-old Gibson's emergence from obscurity. [29][30] It only covers the first two chapters, "Chiba City Blues" and "The Shopping Expedition", and was never continued. Case finds a new girlfriend, resumes his hacking work, and spends his earnings from the mission replacing his internal organs. Gibson heard the term "flatlining" in a bar around twenty years before writing Neuromancer and it stuck with him. While aboard a yacht connected to the tug Marcus Garvey, he reverts to the Corto personality and begins to relive the final moments of Screaming Fist. Before you get your hands on Cyberpunk 2077, consider opening up the backlog for some of … As punishment for his theft, Case's central nervous system was damaged with a mycotoxin, leaving him unable to access the global computer network in cyberspace, a virtual reality dataspace called the "matrix". It is one of the best-known works in the cyberpunk genre and the first novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. Wintermute : One of the Tessier-Ashpool AIs. Paperback. Norman Spinrad, in his 1986 essay "The Neuromantics" which appears in his non-fiction collection Science Fiction in the Real World, saw the book's title as a triple pun: "neuro" referring to the nervous system; "necromancer"; and "new romancer". Shepherded into existence by psychedelic pioneer Timothy Leary, Neuromancer is an ambitious title for the time, letting users explore real-world … As Molly and Riviera gain entrance to Villa Straylight, three Turing officers arrest Case and take him into custody; Wintermute manipulates the orbital casino's security and maintenance systems and kills the officers, allowing Case to escape. 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. Neuromancer Online Novel Software Textworker - Webbased Novel Writer v.1.0 Textworker will be an online novel writing platform, realized as an Open Source PHP/MySQL-Application.. In 1988 the video game adaptation of the book was released by Interplay. 1 by Tom Dehaven (1989). He was heavily injured both physically and psychologically, and the "Armitage" personality was constructed as part of experimental "computer-mediated psychotherapy" by Wintermute (see below), one of the artificial intelligences seen in the story (the other one being the eponymous Neuromancer) which is actually controlling the mission. The poison in Case's bloodstream is washed out, and he, Molly, and Maelcum are profusely paid for their efforts, while Pauley's ROM construct is apparently erased, at his own request. Given a year to complete the work,[5] Gibson undertook the actual writing out of "blind animal panic" at the obligation to write an entire novel—a feat which he felt he was "four or five years away from". [15] The novel was also nominated for a British Science Fiction Award in 1984. [1] The term "Screaming Fist" was taken from the song of the same name by Toronto punk rock band The Viletones. In the gritty, crime-ridden underworld of Chiba City, Japan, washed-up hacker virtuoso Henry Dorsett “Cutter” Case cons his way to make ends meet and to get his narcotics fix. At the same time, Riviera is to obtain the password to the Turing lock from Lady 3Jane Marie-France Tessier-Ashpool, an unfrozen daughter clone and the current CEO of the family's corporation, Tessier-Ashpool SA. Addeddate 2017-01-02 00:32:54 Identifier NeuromancerWilliamGibson Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3fz2b54c Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 Ppi 300 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3. plus-circle Add Review. William Gibson Neuromancer Trilogy Collection 4 Books Set Pack Count Zero... William Gibson. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). Paperback. It was released in 1988 for the Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. Maelcum : An inhabitant of Zion, a space settlement built by a colony of Rastafari adherents, and pilot of the tug Marcus Garvey. Like city lights, receding. Perhaps that would explain the title of the novel, Neuromancer, because like the word necromancer, the plot involves a deathly kind of state in humanity, one that verges on complete apocalypse, because technological advances started increasing at a pace humans weren't ready for. I don't know why they gave-up on this series (the graphic novel doesn't even cover half the book), but I agree that they needed to stop. In Finland, Yle Radioteatteri produced a 4-part radio play of Neuromancer. Writing in F&SF in 2005, Charles de Lint noted that while Gibson's technological extrapolations had proved imperfect (in particular, his failure to anticipate the cellular telephone), "Imagining story, the inner workings of his characters' minds, and the world in which it all takes place are all more important. [19] By 2007 it had sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide.[13]. As his team attacked a Soviet computer center, EMP weapons shut down their computers and flight systems, and Corto and his men were targeted by Soviet laser defenses. [35], In May 2007, reports emerged that a film was in the works, with Joseph Kahn (director of Torque) in line to direct and Milla Jovovich in the lead role. He is 135 years old and spends large amounts of money on rejuvenation therapies, antique-style clothing and furnishings, and ginger candy. Otherwise: nice one. In a way Gibson's pace is too frenetic, so unremitting that the reader never gets a rest and can't see the plot for the dazzle. [23], The 1999 cyberpunk science fiction film The Matrix particularly draws from Neuromancer both eponym and usage of the term "matrix". There are a number of scenes where the vibe and pacing is spot on and William Gibson has praised it too, saying that if Neuromancer were ever adapted into a movie he'd want it … Gibson defines Neuromancer as a portmanteau of the words Neuro, Romancer and Necromancer, "Neuro from the nerves, the silver paths. Neuromancer the Opera is an adaptation written by Jayne Wenger and Marc Lowenstein (libretto) and Richard Marriott of the Club Foot Orchestra (music). Case enters cyberspace to guide the icebreaker to penetrate its target; Lady 3Jane is induced to give up her password, and the lock is opened. Essay Instructions: Write a 350-500 word, double-spaced response to the novel: The Neuromancer, by: William Gibson In the response advance a brief discussion or analysis of some aspect of the novel that you found particularly interesting or relevant to an understanding of the text as literature or as science fiction. I believe it's a GREAT companion if you're already familiar with the novel, the visuals are striking. Reviews Reviewer: Anthea Mary - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 9, 2020 Subject: Ok . The BBC World Service Drama production of Neuromancer aired in two one-hour parts, on 8 and 15 September 2002. Paperback. Corto was a member of "Operation Screaming Fist," which planned on infiltrating and disrupting Soviet computer systems from ultralight aircraft dropped over Russia. Nevertheless, my impression is that if you're not previously familiar with the story, it would be very hard to keep up with what's actually happening, as it rushes through the plot points while it world-builds very specific things that are crucial to understand what's going on with the rules of Gibson's universe. It can no longer be heard on The BBC World Service Archive. Unfortunately this graphic novel just covers the first part of the story. Later in the book, Wintermute uses his personality to talk with Case and Molly. The diversion allows Molly to penetrate the building and steal Dixie's ROM with Case unlocking the computer safeguards on the way in and out from within the matrix. Case is unemployable, suicidal, and apparently at the top of the hit list of a drug lord named Wage. "One of the obstacles in the selling of this movie to the industry at large is that everyone says, 'Oh, well, The Matrix did it already.' Dramatised by Mike Walker, and directed by Andy Jordan, it starred Owen McCarthy as Case, Nicola Walker as Molly, James Laurenson as Armitage, John Shrapnel as Wintermute, Colin Stinton as Dixie, David Webber as Maelcum, David Holt as Riviera, Peter Marinker as Ashpool, and Andrew Scott as The Finn. Neuromancer : Wintermute's sibling AI. She controls the hardwiring that keeps the company's AIs from exceeding their intelligence boundaries. Neuromancer: Novel Response September 6th, 2013 | Posted by Mithun Shetty in Uncategorized. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published comment. His classic 1984 novel Neuromancer, a thriller about hacking and artificial intelligence, won sci-fi's three biggest prizes: the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and the Hugo Award. Unable to achieve this merger on its own, Wintermute recruited Armitage and his team to help complete the goal. Case and Molly steal the ROM and Dixie helps them complete their mission. [1] Author Robert Stone, a "master of a certain kind of paranoid fiction", was a primary influence on the novel. Unthinkable complexity. "Is William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' the Future of Movies?". Inside Villa Straylight, Riviera meets Lady 3Jane and tries to stop the mission, helping Lady 3Jane and Hideo, her ninja bodyguard, to capture Molly. Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, notable for being the most famous early cyberpunk novel and winner of the so-called science-fiction "triple crown".It was Gibson's first novel and the first of the Sprawl trilogy.The title seems to be a play on words based on its close resemblance to Necromancer, a person who receives divinations from disembodied spirits. There are a number of scenes where the vibe and pacing is spot on and William Gibson has praised it too, saying that if Neuromancer were ever adapted into a movie he'd want it to follow this comic as a blueprint. Since it was sealed I could not look inside until I got home. [21][22] The portion of Neuromancer usually cited in this respect is: The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games. Case jumps at the chance to regain his life as a "console cowboy," but neither Case nor Molly knows what Armitage is really planning. The original cyperpunk novel, and still the epitome of the genre, 'Neuromancer' single-handedly invented cyperspace and virtual reality. [31], In the 1990s a version of Neuromancer was published as one of the Voyager Company's Expanded Books series of hypertext-annotated HyperCard stacks for the Apple Macintosh (especially the PowerBook). It is among the most-honored works of science fiction in recent history, and appeared on Time magazine's list of 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. Based on one of the seminal books of the genre, Interplay’s 1988 adventure game transplanted players into William Gibson’s world of hackers and intrigue. [14] The novel thereby legitimized cyberpunk as a mainstream branch of science fiction literature. Very well constructed. I'm sure it had it's day, but I just coudn't get interested in it. Apparently it was planned Molly then explains to Case that Riviera is doomed anyway, as he has been fatally poisoned by his drugs, which she had spiked with a lethal toxin to ensure he would never survive the mission, regardless of the outcome. Linda Lee : A drug addict and resident of Chiba City, she is the former girlfriend of Case, and instigates the initial series of events in the story with a lie about his employer's intention to kill him. John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) influenced the novel; Gibson was "intrigued by t… William Gibson's Neuromancer is one of the finest first novels of the last few years, and may be the only science fiction novel which has combined hard science. [2] It became the first novel to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and Philip K. Dick Award for paperback original,[13] an unprecedented achievement described by the Mail & Guardian as "the sci-fi writer's version of winning the Goncourt, Booker and Pulitzer prizes in the same year". [1] It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy. Her death in Chiba City and later pseudo-resurrection by Neuromancer serves to elicit emotional depth in Case as he mourns her death and struggles with the guilt he feels at rejecting her love and abandoning her both in Chiba City and the simulated reality generated by Neuromancer. £4.22. The art is really muddy at times, but the tone is consistent and I can see why Gibson liked this visualization of his best story. Typically … Art's sleek, neon-lit, airbrushed 80s future. .and a well-developed sensibility to produce a kind of high-tech punk novel." In Orwell's famous year 1984, William Gibson released his debut novel of the same name which became a cult classic. Neuromancer by Gibson, William and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. The themes he developed in this early short fiction, the Sprawl setting of "Burning Chrome" (1982), and the character of Molly Millions from "Johnny Mnemonic" (1981) laid the foundations for the novel. Peter Riviera : A thief and sadist who can project holographic images using his implants. (269). Neuromancer is an adventure video game developed by Interplay Productions and published by Mediagenic (a brand name that Activision was also known by). Unlike Wintermute, Neuromancer is able to create its own personality and identity. In a mere set of decades, our society has transformed from a largely disconnected, isolated set of … He aids Case in penetrating Straylight at the end of the novel. This classic trilogy from William Gibson consists of Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. When Armitage offers to cure him in exchange for Case's hacking abilities he warily accepts the offer. The story and characters are awesome. Nada mejor que el libro, esperaba la aparición de los sionistas! Scanning old recorded transmissions from the 1970s, the super-AI finds an AI transmitting from the Alpha Centauri star system. I. I don't know why they gave-up on this series (the graphic novel doesn't even cover half the book), but I agree that they needed to stop. [28], In 1989, Epic Comics published a 48-page graphic novel version by Tom de Haven and Bruce Jensen. 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,708. In the end, while logged into the matrix, Case catches a glimpse of Neuromancer standing in the distance with his dead girlfriend Linda Lee, and himself. The story telling, however, is noticeably stilted. "[26], Lawrence Person in his "Notes Toward a Postcyberpunk Manifesto" (1998) identified Neuromancer as "the archetypal cyberpunk work",[17] and in 2005, Time included it in their list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, opining that "[t]here is no way to overstate how radical [Neuromancer] was when it first appeared. [33], There have been several proposed film adaptations of Neuromancer, with drafts of scripts written by British director Chris Cunningham and Chuck Russell, with Aphex Twin providing the soundtrack. Neuromancer By William Gibson. Paperback. Burning Chrome William Gibson. Be the first to ask a question about William Gibson's Neuromancer. Aside from its bizarrely accurate foresight, Neuromancer is an interesting novel because of the questions and ideas that it brings up regarding the relationship between humans and technology. More items to explore. Unfortunately, Wintermute's efforts are hampered by those same Turing locks; in addition to preventing the merge, they inhibit its efforts to make long term plans or maintain a stable, individual identity (forcing it to adopt personality masks in order to interact with the main characters). Y del Babylon Rocker, pero bueno, queda de complemento. [16], Neuromancer is considered "the archetypal cyberpunk work". Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Neuromancer 1. We’d love your help. With Lady 3Jane in possession of the password, the team makes it to the computer terminal. Refresh and try again. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. However, this premiere did not take place and the work has yet to be performed in full. 10 Essential Cyberpunk Games to Play Before Cyberpunk 2077. "[6] He re-wrote the first two-thirds of the book 12 times, feared losing the reader's attention and was convinced that he would be "permanently shamed" following its publication; yet what resulted was seen as a major imaginative leap forward for a first-time novelist. admito que terminar justo en esa parte hace un buen trabajo, pero siempre lamentare no tener suficiente wintermute, William Gibson's Neuromancer, Vol. Hyperion (S.F. Wintermute used him to persuade Case and Molly to help it merge with its twin AI, Neuromancer. It became the first novel to win the "triple crown" of science fiction awards – the Nebula, the Hugo, and Philip K. Dick Award for paperback original, an unprecedented achievement described by the Mail & Guardian as "the sci-fi writer's version of winning the Goncourt, Booker and Pulitzer prizes in the same year". Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. 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