Cyberpunk

"...layering them over a series of quotes from Gibson's Neuromancer and filling in the background with annoying computer animation..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why is William Gibson at BookPeople Tonight?

Because you should definitely distrust that particular flavor

"...the day in which Gibson, author of the legendary Neuromancer and many other novels (Zero History, most recently) returns..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cyberculture Evolution

From Zines to Zen With R.U. Sirius and Jon Lebkowsky

"...generally moribund, I saw a review of William Gibson's Neuromancer [see sidebar] in Coevolution Quarterly and found a copy..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

The ATX Arts Scene Will Fill Your Saturday but Good

So much to do in this town, and here are just a few excellent ideas

"...metropolitan futures from the likes of Blade Runner and Neuromancer, soaring portions of our deepest urban fantasies now rendered..."

July 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. Neuromancer by William Gibson..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Column

Comic Creator Spotlight on Zach Chapman: "When I Get That Art Back, It's Instant Gratification"

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...my two loves, science fiction and horror. It’s like Neuromancer written by Shirley Jackson – a cybernetic ghost tearing..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: Quantum Ops and Sentient Ink

Meanwhile, deep in the vat-grown heart of a dystopian NYC

"...on since William Gibson spiked the genre with his Neuromancer back in 1984: Been a good amount of brilliant..."

June 28, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...in April on Matador, takes inspiration from William Gibson's Neuromancer, a cyberpunk thriller that envisions a paranoid, hyper-connected reality..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

In Memory of Richard Dorsett

Beloved local left his mark on Austin

"...befriend William Gibson, who would name the protagonist of Neuromancer, his groundbreaking cyberpunk novel, “Henry Dorsett Case” in honor..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Books Post by Michael Hall

AMODA's Operandi

Just what, exactly, is the Austin Museum of Digital Art up to these days?

"...to an anachronistic clusterfuck. When much of what William "Neuromancer" Gibson used to write as science fiction begins to..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tales of ArmadilloCons Past

How to deal with a silent William Gibson.

"...everything was OK, to which the evesdropping author of Neuromancer said, "Just doing research, just doing research!"..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Going Home to the Armadillo

After 30 years, the song remains the same at ArmadilloCon, Texas' favorite sci-fi convention

"...back as the guest of honor after his novels Neuromancer and Count Zero established him as a genre giant...."

Aug. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Science Fiction Gets the Vapors

On steampunk

"...William Gibson famously put it, glossing his cyberpunk opus, Neuromancer. In the case of steampunk, that street's likely paved..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Science-Fiction Authors to Scan Darkly

ST 37 captain Scott Telles pulls five notables off the SF bookshelf.

"...Start with: Neuromancer, the proverbial 800-pound gorilla of cyberpunk...."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by S.L. Telles

Radiohead

"...century. Accomplishing through tone and texture what William Gibson's Neuromancer did for literature, the seminal UK fivepiece explores the..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

How Soon Is Now?

William Gibson talks about the short shelf life of cyberpunk.

"...books as contemporary sociological commentary: His breakthrough near-future novel Neuromancer was really about its year of publication, 1984, filtering..."

June 6, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Electric Church

In his debut novel, Jeff Somers attempts to create a 21st century cyberpunk novel

"...In 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer ushered in the cyberpunk era. Both a product of..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Cinematexas Games Without Borders

An interview with Cinematexas "Games Without Borders" keynote speaker, Mark Dery

"...will resurrect it any day now. Can you believe Neuromancer came out in 1984? The public rehabilitation of Duran..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...to be able to control what you have access to."Neuromancer The world wasn't always such a fulfilling place. At..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Book Review

"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is not for everyone," Rick Whitten-Klaw writes of Cory Doctorow's debut novel. "If you prefer your literature linear or your ideas staid, then give this one a pass."

"...what may be the best debut science-fiction novel since Neuromancer...."

March 7, 2003 Books Feature by Rick Whitten-Klaw

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...vibe like the B-52's doing the movie version of Neuromancer. (Iron Cactus, midnight) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Local Bestsellers of 2000

The Year in Austin Bookselling

"...4. Neuromancer by William Gibson..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. Neuromancer by William Gibson..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Column

Bizarre Talents

The strange road to success of former Austin bookseller Lynn Bender.

"...Bender says. "One minute it would be Bill Gibson [Neuromancer] or Mistress Antoinette and the next minute Sarah Pomeroy,"..."

March 10, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Information Junkie

"...sounds exactly like William Gibson's vision of cyberspace in Neuromancer!..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace

"...word cyberspace and constructed the matrix vision of the Neuromancer trilogy based on his observation of early arcade video..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature

Virtual Footnotes

"...William Gibson, author of Neuromancer,is credited with the creation of the term/concept "cyberspace." He..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature