William Gibson – författare

»Ett mästerverk som rör sig snabbare än tanken och är isande i sina implikationer.« New York Times

Case var den smartaste datatjuven av alla, innan han hamnade i onåd och fick nervsystemet utslaget. Men en ny uppdragsgivare ger honom en sista chans, och han ger sig ut efter en oöverträffad artificiell intelligens.  William Gibsons Neuromancer [1984] förebådade inte bara world wide web utan blev också upphovet till en helt ny genre: cyberpunk. Redan två år tidigare hade Gibson myntat begreppet cyberspace, och nu blev han i ett slag en av världens mest omtalade och inflytelserika författare. Debutromanen följdes snart av Count Zero och Mona Lisa Overdrive, vilka bildar den epokgörande Neuromancer-trilogin (även känd som Sprawl-trilogin), ett verk som likt få andra har utmanat grundläggande föreställningar om teknologi och mänsklighet. Ännu färre har haft en sådan djupgående inverkan på den moderna mänsklighetens självbild. Och inget av dem har skrivits i ett lika ursinnigt tempo eller med sådan hallucinatorisk klarsyn.  I svensk översättning av Hans Lindquist och med ett nyskrivet förord av litteraturkritikern Jonas Thente. 

WILLIAM GIBSON, född 1948 i South Carolina, USA, bor sedan sextiotalet i Kanada. Neuromancer belönades med priserna Nebula, Hugo och Philip K Dick Award. Count Zero publicerades 1986 och följdes två år senare av Mona Lisa Overdrive. Här presenteras trilogin i en volym. 

»Kalejdoskopisk, glittrande, dekadent. En häpnadsväckande virtuos prestation.«  The Washington Post 

»En mästerlig förhandstitt in i det datorbesatta elektroninska globala gettot.« Time out 

“A breath of fresh air . . . the vision is deeply imagined, very complete and controlled . . . Gibson is truly brilliant.”—Washington Times magazine

From a true master of science fiction comes a collection of short stories that show how, no matter the length, Gibson is one of the greatest writers working today.

Known for his seminal science fiction novel Neuromancer, and for the acclaimed books Pattern Recognition, The Peripheral, and Agency, William Gibson is actually best when writing short fiction. Tautly written and suspenseful, Burning Chrome collects 10 short stories, including some written with Bruce Sterling, John Shirley, and Michael Swanwick, and with a preface from Bruce Sterling, now available for the first time in trade paperback. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson’s characters and intensely realized worlds at their absolute best, from the chip-enhanced couriers of “Johnny Mnemonic” to the street-tech melancholy of “Burning Chrome.”

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.''A ground-breaking success . . . inspiring writers and filmmakers the world over'' EmpireThe sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term ''cyberspace'' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. More than three decades later, Gibson''s text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century''s most potent and compelling visions of the future. His later work, The Peripheral, has been adapted into a series by Amazon Prime, starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Readers are hooked on Neuromancer:''Wow. This is a wild ride. If you liked Philip K. Dick''s writing . . . if you liked Bladerunner, if you liked The Matrix . . . you will love Neuromancer'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Like nothing I have read before . . . Gibson''s writing is poetry, not jargon . . . [it''s] slick and jagged like a serrated knife . . . Yeah I am a big, big fan . . . a unique, important and truly amazing reading experience'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Basically a futuristic crime caper. The main character is Case, a burnt-out hacker, a cyberthief . . . Challenging? Yes. But it''s electrifying once you get it . . . Neuromancer is in me like a teabag, flavouring my life, and I can''t imagine what it would be like if I hadn''t pressed on'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''For me it was a sci fi thriller, two of my favourite genres rolled into one. I was grabbed immediately by the characters of Cole and Molly - especially Molly with her attitude, her mirror eyes and the blades under her fingernails . . . This is a very visual book and it was easy to start choosing who would play the roles in a movie'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐