Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence.
Sprawl Series
This series plunges into gritty, futuristic urban landscapes where technology and society are inextricably intertwined. It explores the blurred lines between reality and the virtual world, focusing on individuals navigating the fringes of society. Readers can expect thrilling narratives filled with hackers, corporate espionage, and dangerous cybernetic adventures. It's a vision of a dystopian future where the boundaries of humanity and technology are constantly challenged.
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The ghost was her father's parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita.. Mona is a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is turned upside down when her pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon in New York and overnight she's turned into someone else. Angie Mitchell is a famous Hollywood Sense/Net star with a special talent. And despite the efforts of studio bosses to keep her in ignorance, Angie's started remembering things. Soon she'll discover who she really is . . . and why she doesn't need a deck in order to enter cyberspace. From inside the matrix, plots are set in motion and human beings are being played like pieces on a board. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes. Or so they think . . .
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Best-known for his seminal sf novel NEUROMANCER, William Gibson is also a master of short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of his best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson's characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains 'Johnny Mnemonic' (filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story 'Burning Chrome' - both nominated for the Nebula Award - as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories 'Dogfight' and 'The Winter Market'.
Trilogia dello Sprawl
Neuromante-Giù nel cyberspazio-Monna Lisa cyberpunk
- 797 pages
- 28 hours of reading
2035, o giù di lì. Un mondo popolato da avventurieri e lottatrici, prostitute e mercenari, schiavi della società di massa e delle droghe; soprattutto, un mondo dominato dalla tecnocrazia e dalla corruzione. È l'universo narrativo immaginato da William Gibson nella sua Trilogia dello Sprawl. In questo futuro non così lontano dal nostro presente, gli unici a opporsi allo strapotere delle multinazionali e della Yakuza sono i "cowboy della tastiera", anarchici e solitari, geni ribelli dell'informatica che passano la loro esistenza nella realtà virtuale del cyberspazio, intenti a carpire i segreti della matrice.
William Gibson zyskał powszechną sławę, jako czołowy przedstawiciel nowej odmiany science fiction, przenoszącej współczesną technologię (w szczególności technikę komputerową) w przyszłość rozpadu miast zdegenerowanej obyczajowości pokoleń postpunkowych. Oto pierwszy tom jego opowiadań. Neuromancer zdobył wszystkie nagrody, ale największym osiągnięciem Williama Gibsona na zawsze pozostaną krótsze formy. Opowiadania te, stanowiące jednocześnie elegię i satyrę społeczną, pokazują sposób, w jaki redefiniuje się dzisiejsza sf. Gibson jako wirtuoz ścieżek szybkiego przewijania, ukazuje nam drogę, którą podążyć może literatura.
Die Neuromancer-Trilogie
- 1037 pages
- 37 hours of reading
Was wäre, wenn es hinter dem Computerbildschirm eine riesige Welt gäbe? Eine Welt, die man per Gehirnimplantat betreten und erforschen kann. Und eine Welt, in der man sterben kann ... Mit dieser Romantrilogie erfand William Gibson nicht nur den Begriff »Cyberspace«, sondern er prägte auch unsere Vorstellung vom World Wide Web, das wir heute so selbstverständlich nutzen. Ein epochales Werk, das zu den großen Klassikern der modernen Literatur zählt.