Date: 1970-90
MainCategory: CONTEMPORARY
Types: StandaloneNovel, Trilogy
Genre: Cyberpunk
tropes: Advanced A.I., Dystopian
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Author: William Gibson
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Receptions: Bestseller, Classic
Cult classic of cyberpunk literature
A deluxe hardcover edition of the pioneering cyberpunk novel that predicted our obsession with the Internet—part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman Winner of the AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition Before the Internet was commonplace, William Gibson showed us the Matrix—a world within the world, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace. Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system.
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From historical legends to mythic futures, monuments of world-building to mind-bending dystopias, these touchstones of human invention and storytelling ingenuity have transported millions of readers to distant realms, and will continue for generations to chart the frontiers of the imagination
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