Neuromancer
started the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. After reading Alfred
Bester'sThe
Stars, My Destination, I could see where William Gibson could have
gotten his idea for an anithero, but Neuromancer is a much more
technologically intensive story and extensively uses computers. Much of the
terminology that Gibson developed for this book, has since been adopted into
reality during the explosion of computers, the Internet, virtual reality and
other related technology. This story has been copied so much that you've probably
read or seen similiar stories, but this is the original cyberpunk novel. It's
worth reading what started the cyberpunk subgenre.
