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Neuromancer (1984)

  Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. ¶

'Neuromancer', William Gibson's debut novel, has won all major science fiction awards (Hugo Award, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, Nebula Award, Seiun Award, and Ditmar Award) and defined a whole new genre of science fiction. It is regarded as one of the breakthrough novels of the eighties and founded the cyberpunk literary genre, even though Gibson does not like the cyberpunk label. ¶

By the time he wrote 'Neuromancer', Gibson did not even own a computer, but he envisioned a global information network (the 'Matrix') with a virtual reality simulation interface ('cyberspace', a term he used before in the 'Burning Chrome' short story). ¶