Neuromancer
Washed-up hacker Case gets one last chance when a mysterious employer hires him to pull off the ultimate hack. In a neon-lit future of corporate espionage and artificial intelligence, Case navigates cyberspace with a street samurai and a dead man's memories.
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Case, a washed-up Chiba City console cowboy whose nervous system was deliberately fried, gets a mysterious offer of new neural hardware in exchange for one impossible heist on an orbital habitat. He says yes.
Yes. Neuromancer (1984) was the first novel to win the Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick awards in the same year. It established cyberpunk as a defining science-fiction subgenre.
A film adaptation has been in development for decades with multiple directors attached. As of 2025, Apple TV+ has announced a Neuromancer series with Graham Roland as showrunner. The project is in development.
Neuromancer was written by William Gibson, published in 1984 by Penguin Random House.
Neuromancer is 317 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Neuromancer takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Neuromancer is a standalone novel by William Gibson, not part of a series.
Neuromancer is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
