Sprawl Series by William Gibson, Уильям Гибсон

Ten tales, from the computer-enhanced hustlers of Johnny Mnemonic to the technofetishist blues of Burning Chrome. Johnny Mnemonic (1981)The Gernsback Continuum (1981)Fragments of a Hologram Rose (1977)The Belonging Kind (1981) with John ShirleyHinterlands (1981)Red Star, Winter Orbit (1983) with Bruce SterlingNew Rose Hotel (1984)The Winter Market (1985)Dogfight (1985) with Michael SwanwickBurning Chrome (1982)

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace...Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system... moreHotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace...Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations. less

«Нейромант» — это классический дебют жанрового революционера, которому оказались тесны рамки любого жанра. Это книга, определившая лицо современной литературы на десятилетия вперед, собравшая все главные жанровые награды («Хьюго», «Небьюла», премия имени Филипа Дика) и ставшая международным бестселлером. Далее последовали два продолжения, «Граф Ноль» и «Мона Лиза овердрайв», составившие вместе с «Нейромантом» трилогию «Киберпространство»... more«Нейромант» — это классический дебют жанрового революционера, которому оказались тесны рамки любого жанра. Это книга, определившая лицо современной литературы на десятилетия вперед, собравшая все главные жанровые награды («Хьюго», «Небьюла», премия имени Филипа Дика) и ставшая международным бестселлером. Далее последовали два продолжения, «Граф Ноль» и «Мона Лиза овердрайв», составившие вместе с «Нейромантом» трилогию «Киберпространство». Трилогия стала краеугольным камнем киберпанка — стиля и культурного феномена. Будущее здесь — это мир высоких технологий и биоинженерии, глобальных компьютерных сетей и всемогущих транснациональных корпораций, мир жестокий и беспощадный. Здесь хакер-виртуоз и отчаянная девушка-самурай должны выполнить таинственную миссию, запрограммированную десятилетия назад в неведомых глубинах искусственного разума. Здесь японская мафия исповедует идеалы древнего самурайского кодекса, виртуальный мир населен персонажами вудуистского пантеона, а девушка, умеющая входить в киберпространство без компьютера, становится для своего поколения богиней...Кроме собственно трилогии, в книгу включен цикл рассказов «Сожжение Хром», среди которых — «Джонни-Мнемоник», послуживший основой для культового фильма Роберта Лонго (в ролях Киану Ривз, Такэси Китано, Дольф Лундгрен), и «Отель „Новая роза“», экранизированный Абелем Феррарой (в ролях Уиллем Дефо, Кристофер Уокен, Азия Ардженто).Переводы публикуются в новой редакции. less

Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: Maas-Neotek's chief of R&D is defecting. Turner is the one assigned to get him out intact, along with the biochip he's perfected. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties--some of whom aren't remotely human... moreTurner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: Maas-Neotek's chief of R&D is defecting. Turner is the one assigned to get him out intact, along with the biochip he's perfected. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties--some of whom aren't remotely human. Bobby Newmark is entirely human: a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo on the Net & a price on his head, Newmark thinks he's only trying to get out alive. A stylish, streetsmart, frighteningly probable parable of the future & sequel to Neuromancer. less

William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel "Neuromancer," has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . ."The Mona Lisa Overdrive," Enter Gibson's unique world--lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering and exciting--where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace... moreWilliam Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel "Neuromancer," has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . ."The Mona Lisa Overdrive," Enter Gibson's unique world--lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering and exciting--where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace. Into this world comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace "without" a computer. Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled . . . or even known. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes . . . or so they think. "From the Paperback edition." less