Author | William Gibson |
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Cover artist | James Warhola |
Series | Sprawl trilogy |
Genre | science fiction, cyberpunk |
Publisher | Ace |
Publication date | July 1, 1984 |
Media type | print (paperback and hardback) |
Pages | 271 |
ISBN | 978-0-441-56956-4 |
OCLC | 10980207 |
Preceded by | "Burning Chrome" |
Followed by | Count Zero |
Neuromancer is a science fiction novel by William Gibson. It was published in 1984. It is an important book that started the cyberpunk genre. It was Gibson's first novel and the first book of the Sprawl trilogy. Neuromancer was the first novel to win all three of the important awards in science fiction — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.
Terry Carr asked Gibson to write the book for the third series of Ace Science Fiction Specials. This was a series for authors' first novels.