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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.
作者简介
DistrustThatParticularFlavorZeroHistoryTheDifferenceEnginePatternRecognitionWilliamGibsonWilliamGibson'sfeatofimagination,embodiedbytheseminal"cyberpunk"novelNeuromancerandsubsequentsci-fitechnotitles,wasinpresagingtheInformationAgeandcoiningsomeofitslanguageevenasheremainedatechnologicallaggardwhoeschewedcomputers.BiographySciencefictionowesanenormousdebttoWilliamGibson,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.
