Notes on 'Neuromancer' (1984) by William Gibson (b. 1948)
Neuromancer is a culturally significant work which solidified Cyberpunk as a subgenre and introduced a larger audience to the claustrophobic urban landscape that has since come to characterise much Cyberpunk literature and cinema. Spaced out over 16 years, the Sprawl trilogy (1984-88) explores the interstices between mind and computer. Neuromancer won the SF Chronicle Novel award (1985), the Hugo award for Best Novel (1985), the Nebula Novel award (1985) and the PKD Award (1985).