William Gibson’s Neuromancer: A Critical Companion presents
Gibson’s rise as an influential figure within and beyond the science
fiction field. Gibson’s success with Neuromancer, the first novel
to win the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and Philip K. Dick Award, is in
part a direct result of the rising popularity of cyberpunk in the
early- to mid-1980s, although it could just as easily be said
cyberpunk’s success was in no small part a direct result
of Neuromancer’s explosion onto the science fiction scene.
Neuromancer’s ongoing relevance remains undiminished because we are
effectively living in a technocultural age that is increasingly
difficult to distinguish from Gibson’s novel. As Graham J. Murphy
demonstrates in this companion, the novel remains instrumental in
thinking through the ongoing explorations of the
posthuman:transhumanism, the Utopia/Anti-Utopia dynamic, and
capitalist realism, to name a few of themore significant critical
vehicles with which to better understand and contextualize our
technocultural age and Neuromancer’s role in both shaping it and
responding to it. This book provides a critical introduction
to Neuromancer and cyberpunk culture.
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A Critical Companion
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ISBN
9783031566271
Publisert
2024
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Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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