Neuromancer

作者: William Gibson 著

出版社: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

出版时间: 1986-08

ISBN: 9780441569595

定价: 67.20

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 288页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Sprawl Trilogy Series； #1

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TheMatrixisaworldwithintheworld,aglobalconsensus-hallucination,therepresentationofeverybyteofdataincyberspace...

Casehadbeenthesharpestdata-thiefinthebusiness,untilvengefulformeremployeescrippledhisnervoussystem.Butnowanewandverymysteriousemployerrecruitshimforalast-chancerun.Thetarget:anunthinkablypowerfulartificialintelligenceorbitingEarthinserviceofthesinisterTessier-Ashpoolbusinessclan.WithadeadmanridingshotgunandMolly,mirror-eyedstreet-samurai,towatchhisback,Caseembarksonanadventurethatupstheanteonanentiregenreoffiction.

Hotwiredtotheleadingedgesofartandtechnology,Neuromancerrankswith1984andBraveNewWorldasoneofthecentury'smostpotentvisionsofthefuture. DistrustThatParticularFlavor

ZeroHistory

TheDifferenceEngine

PatternRecognition

WilliamGibson
WilliamGibson'sfeatofimagination,embodiedbytheseminal"cyberpunk"novelNeuromancerandsubsequentsci-fitechnotitles,wasinpresagingtheInformationAgeandcoiningsomeofitslanguageevenasheremainedatechnologicallaggardwhoeschewedcomputers.

Biography
SciencefictionowesanenormousdebttoWilliamGibson,thecyberpunkpioneerwhorevolutionizedthegenrewithhisstartlingstoriesoftough,alienatedlonersadriftinaworldofsinisterhightechnology.GibsonwasborninConway,SouthCarolina,andspentmuchofhisyouthinVirginiawithhiswidowedmother.Hegrewupshyandbookish,discoveringsciencefictionandtheliteratureofthebeatsataprecociouslyearlyage.Whenhewas15,hewassentawaytoprivateschoolinArizona,butheleftwithoutgraduatingwhenhismotherdiedsuddenly.HefledtoCanadatoavoidthedraftandimmersedhimselfin'60scounterculture.Hemarried,movedtoBritishColumbia,andenrolledincollege,graduatingin1977withadegreeinEnglish.Aroundthistimehebegantowriteinearnest,combininghislifelongloveofsciencefictionandhisnewfoundpassionforthepunkmusicevolvinginNewYorkandLondon.Intheearly1980s,GibsonmetwriterandpunkmusicianJohnShirleyandsci-fiauthorsLewisShinerandBruceSterling.AllthreewereblownawaybythepowerandoriginalityofGibson'sstories,andtogetherthefourmenwentontoforgearadicalnewliterarymovementcalledcyberpunk.In1984,Gibson'sgroundbreakingfirstnovel,Neuromancer,waspublished.Daringandrevolutionary,itenvisionedsuchtechno-marvelsasAI,virtualreality,geneticengineering,andmultinationalcapitalismyearsbeforetheybecamerealities.Althoughitwasnotanimmediatesensation,Neuromancerstruckachordwithhardcoresci-fifanswhoturneditintoaword-of-mouthhit.ThenitwontheHugo,Nebula,andPhilipK.DickAwards(theTripleCrownofScienceFiction),catapultingGibsonintosuperstardomovernight.Evenifhehadneverwrittenanotherword,Gibson'simpactwouldbeclearlyseenintheworksofsuchcutting-edgecontemporaryauthorsasNealStephenson,PatCadigan,andPaulDiFilippo.But,asitis,Neuromancerwasjustthebeginning--thefirstbookinaninspiredtrilogythathascometobeconsideredabenchmarkinthehistoryofthegenre;andsincethen,Gibsonhasgoneontocreateevenmorevisionarysciencefiction,includingTheDifferenceEngine,asteampunkclassicco-authoredwithBruceSterling,andsuchimaginativepost-9/11cyberthrillersasPatternRecognitionandSpookCountry.
内容简介:
TheMatrixisaworldwithintheworld,aglobalconsensus-hallucination,therepresentationofeverybyteofdataincyberspace...

Casehadbeenthesharpestdata-thiefinthebusiness,untilvengefulformeremployeescrippledhisnervoussystem.Butnowanewandverymysteriousemployerrecruitshimforalast-chancerun.Thetarget:anunthinkablypowerfulartificialintelligenceorbitingEarthinserviceofthesinisterTessier-Ashpoolbusinessclan.WithadeadmanridingshotgunandMolly,mirror-eyedstreet-samurai,towatchhisback,Caseembarksonanadventurethatupstheanteonanentiregenreoffiction.

Hotwiredtotheleadingedgesofartandtechnology,Neuromancerrankswith1984andBraveNewWorldasoneofthecentury'smostpotentvisionsofthefuture.
作者简介:
DistrustThatParticularFlavor

ZeroHistory

TheDifferenceEngine

PatternRecognition

WilliamGibson
WilliamGibson'sfeatofimagination,embodiedbytheseminal"cyberpunk"novelNeuromancerandsubsequentsci-fitechnotitles,wasinpresagingtheInformationAgeandcoiningsomeofitslanguageevenasheremainedatechnologicallaggardwhoeschewedcomputers.

Biography
SciencefictionowesanenormousdebttoWilliamGibson,thecyberpunkpioneerwhorevolutionizedthegenrewithhisstartlingstoriesoftough,alienatedlonersadriftinaworldofsinisterhightechnology.GibsonwasborninConway,SouthCarolina,andspentmuchofhisyouthinVirginiawithhiswidowedmother.Hegrewupshyandbookish,discoveringsciencefictionandtheliteratureofthebeatsataprecociouslyearlyage.Whenhewas15,hewassentawaytoprivateschoolinArizona,butheleftwithoutgraduatingwhenhismotherdiedsuddenly.HefledtoCanadatoavoidthedraftandimmersedhimselfin'60scounterculture.Hemarried,movedtoBritishColumbia,andenrolledincollege,graduatingin1977withadegreeinEnglish.Aroundthistimehebegantowriteinearnest,combininghislifelongloveofsciencefictionandhisnewfoundpassionforthepunkmusicevolvinginNewYorkandLondon.Intheearly1980s,GibsonmetwriterandpunkmusicianJohnShirleyandsci-fiauthorsLewisShinerandBruceSterling.AllthreewereblownawaybythepowerandoriginalityofGibson'sstories,andtogetherthefourmenwentontoforgearadicalnewliterarymovementcalledcyberpunk.In1984,Gibson'sgroundbreakingfirstnovel,Neuromancer,waspublished.Daringandrevolutionary,itenvisionedsuchtechno-marvelsasAI,virtualreality,geneticengineering,andmultinationalcapitalismyearsbeforetheybecamerealities.Althoughitwasnotanimmediatesensation,Neuromancerstruckachordwithhardcoresci-fifanswhoturneditintoaword-of-mouthhit.ThenitwontheHugo,Nebula,andPhilipK.DickAwards(theTripleCrownofScienceFiction),catapultingGibsonintosuperstardomovernight.Evenifhehadneverwrittenanotherword,Gibson'simpactwouldbeclearlyseenintheworksofsuchcutting-edgecontemporaryauthorsasNealStephenson,PatCadigan,andPaulDiFilippo.But,asitis,Neuromancerwasjustthebeginning--thefirstbookinaninspiredtrilogythathascometobeconsideredabenchmarkinthehistoryofthegenre;andsincethen,Gibsonhasgoneontocreateevenmorevisionarysciencefiction,includingTheDifferenceEngine,asteampunkclassicco-authoredwithBruceSterling,andsuchimaginativepost-9/11cyberthrillersasPatternRecognitionandSpookCountry.