Rydell is on his way back to San Francisco. A stint as a security man in a Los Angeles convenience store has convinced him his career is going nowhere, but his friend phoning from Tokyo, says there's more interesting work for him in Northern California. And there is

Turner, mercenaire, « aide » les transfuges des multinationales à déserter leur poste. Cette fois, il a pour mission de récupérer le cerveau de la biotechnologie de Mass-Neotek. Marly, acheteuse d’art à Paris, est engagée par un milliardaire excentrique afin de retrouver l’origine de mystérieuses et fascinantes créations apparues subitement sur le marché. Bobby, ou Comte Zéro, jeune et intrépide pirate de logiciel, opère dans les faubourgs de la Conurb. Il va se laisser entraîner par sa curiosité dans les dédales du cyberspace. Le cyberspace, c’est l’univers artificiel des réseaux informatiques, le monde qui était déjà celui de Neuromancien. Et c’est là que leurs destins vont se croiser. Mais ils ne seront pas les seuls

La historia tiene lugar 8 años después de lo sucedido en 'Neuromante'. Turner, un mercenario profesional, es encargado de la extracción del científico Mitchel de la empresa Maas para llevarlo a la competencia, la Hosaka, otra empresa de investigación de biochips. Al mismo tiempo, Marly, una marchante de arte caída en desgracia, es contratada por un excéntrico y misterioso multimillonario, Josef Virek, para encontrar al autor de una serie de obras de arte. Para cerrar el círculo, en Barrytown, cerca de los Proyectos, Bobby Newmark, alias Conde Cero, experimenta un Wilson que casi lo mata al conectar en la matriz usando un bioware prestado por Dos-por-Dia, un traficante de soft de los Proyectos

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. 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 and a price on his head, Newmark thinks he’s only trying to get out alive. A stylish, streetsmart, frighteningly probable parable of the future and sequel to Neuromancer. Niminated for Locus and BSFA Awards in 1986. Nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards in 1987

William Gibson is known primarily as a novelist, with his work ranging from his groundbreaking first novel, Neuromancer, to his more recent contemporary bestsellers Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. During those nearly thirty years, though, Gibson has been sought out by widely varying publications for his insights into contemporary culture. Wired magazine sent him to Singapore to report on one of the world's most buttoned-up states. The New York Times Magazine asked him to describe what was wrong with the Internet. Rolling Stone published his essay on the ways our lives are all "soundtracked" by the music and the culture around us. And in a speech at the 2010 Book Expo, he memorably described the interactive relationship between writer and reader. These essays and articles have never been collected-until now. Some have never appeared in print at all. In addition, Distrust That Particular Flavor includes journalism from small publishers, online sources, and magazines no longer in existence. This volume will be essential reading for any lover of William Gibson's novels. Distrust That Particular Flavor offers readers a privileged view into the mind of a writer whose thinking has shaped not only a generation of writers but our entire culture

Gibsonowska wizja przyszłości, nowoczesna i przerażająca prawdopodobna. Od czarnego rynku oprogramowania i zuchwałych kowbojów klawiatury, którzy planują wielkie skoki i rzucają się wgłąb systemów… Przez snobistyczną kulturę świata sztuki, gdzie prawdziwy geniusz kryje się niczym ścigana zwierzyna… do elitarnego kręgu korporacyjnych technokratów

Amazon.com The author of the ground-breaking science-fiction novels Neuromancer and Virtual Light returns with a fast-paced, high-density, cyber-punk thriller. As prophetic as it is exciting, Idoru takes us to 21st century Tokyo where both the promises of technology and the disasters of cyber-industrialism stand in stark contrast, where the haves and the have-nots find themselves walled apart, and where information and fame are the most valuable and dangerous currencies. When Rez, the lead singer for the rock band Lo/Rez is rumored to be engaged to an "idoru" or "idol singer"–an artificial celebrity creation of information software agents–14-year-old Chia Pet McKenzie is sent by the band's fan club to Tokyo to uncover the facts. At the same time, Colin Laney, a data specialist for Slitscan television, uncovers and publicizes a network scandal. He flees to Tokyo to escape the network's wrath. As Chia struggles to find the truth, Colin struggles to preserve it, in a futuristic society so media-saturated that only computers hold the hope for imagination, hope and spirituality. – This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description The New York Times bestselling author takes readers to 21st-century Tokyo after the millennial quake–where something violently new is about to erupt...–This text refers to the Paperback edition

Bienvenue à San Francisco ! Internet, satellites d’espionnage, pollution, sida et fêlés de la mort… En ce début du troisième millénaire, le monde est plus pourri que jamais. Pour preuve cette soirée au neuvième étage d’un hôtel vieillot mais sacrément huppé… Chevette est entrée là par hasard alors qu’elle livrait un paquet. Lorsqu’un Européen, un peu pété, la bloque dans un coin… Réflexe stupide, elle lui pique une paire de lunettes. Quarante-huit heures plus tard Chevette est en cavale avec tous les flics à ses trousses. Officiels et ripoux, plus un certain Rydell… Peu importe l’assassinat de Blix, l’homme qu’elle a délesté. Tout le monde flashe sur les lunettes, des lunettes à lumière virtuelle qui, une fois activées, vont livrer leur secret… et celui de la puissante Sunflower Corporation… De la dynamite !

Une nouvelle macroforme est apparue dans le Conurb : l’aleph. Un gigantesque empilement de biopuces capables de reconstituer tous les savoirs, toutes les données de l’univers. Un fantastique instrument de pouvoir ! Tous les pirates de cyberspace sont à sa recherche. Mais qui le détient réellement ? Bobby, un génie du logiciel ? Dame 3Jane, l’héritière clonée de l’empire Tessier-Ashpool ? Ou Angie, vedette de cinéma, fille du savant Mitchell, le célèbre créateur des biopuces ? L’enjeu est de taille ! Ils l’ignorent encore mais celui qui, au risque de sa vie, saura se rendre maître de l’aleph possèdera les clés d’un monde nouveau, un monde au-delà de l’humanité…

Powieść Mona Liza Turbo jest przez krytykę uważana za jedną z najlepszych książek autora Neuromancera. Wejdźmy w niezwykły świat Gibsona — liryczny i zmechanizowany, erotyczny i brutalny, posępny i podniecający — gdzie wielonarodowe korporacje i stechnicyzowani przestępcy walczą o władzę, przenosząc się w generowane komputerowo universum zwane cyberprzestrzenią. W tym świecie pojawia się Mona, dziewczyna o mętnej przeszłości i niepewnej przyszłości. Życie prowadzi ją po kursie kolizyjnym ze światowej sławy gwiazdą Sense/Netu, Angie Mitchell. Angie od dzieciństwa potrafiła włączyć się do cyberprzestrzeni, nie używając do tego komputera. Teraz do wnętrza cyberprzestrzeni wiodą nici intrygi mającej na celu jej porwanie. Spiskiem kieruje widmowa jaźń, która ma swoje plany wobec Mony, Angie i całej ludzkości. A w tle kryją się potężni Yakuza z japońskiego podziemia przestępczego… Ich przywódcy bezlitośnie posługują się ludźmi dla osiągnięcia własnych celów (a przynajmniej tak im się wydaje)

Oto brama w niezwykły świat Gibsona — mechaniczny, lecz przepełniony uczuciem, żyjący seksem, gwałtem i pieniędzmi, mroczny, podniecający jak narkotyk. Świat walczących o władzę ponadnarodowych korporacji, których pracownicy są niewolnikami i wolnych hackerów, podróżujących po sztucznym, bezgranicznym Wszechświecie wnętrza komputera — cyberprzestrzeni — gdzie szaleństwo i śmierć mierzy się w nanosekundach. Case był jednym z najlepszych, lecz nawet on popełnił błąd

« Science-fiction à court terme qui explore les retombées des technologies de pointe, notamment l’informatique, dans tous les aspects de la vie quotidienne. Ambiance marquée par la culture rock et flirt fréquent avec le polar. » Cette citation tirée du catalogue Présence du futur illustre parfaitement l’univers cyberpunk dont Neuromancien, premier livre de Gibson, est l’oeuvre fondatrice. Récompensé dès sa sortie par les prix Hugo, Nébula et P K Dick, ce roman se passe entre Hong Kong, Atlanta et Londres. Chase est un ancien pirate de la matrice, cet univers qu’il définit comme « une hallucination consensuelle ». Après la destruction de son système nerveux par un de ses employeurs, il survit désormais grâce à l’alcool et aux drogues et trempe dans plusieurs trafics d’organes et de matériel informatique. Alors qu’il s’apprête à franchir le point de non retour dans cette spirale d’autodestruction, il se voit offrir une nouvelle naissance : la possibilité de retourner dans la matrice « pour l’exultation désincarnée » qu’elle procure, « le corps, c’est de la viande »

Immaginate un futuro alla Bladerunner, non molto lontano dal nostro presente, un mondo di cupa delinquenza e di elevata tecnologia, di droghe e computer, di traffico nero di organi umani, di trapianti e di sfrenata ricchezza, di popolosi quartieri dove si aggira il più torbido sottobosco umano, un mondo di cyborg e di tetre strade notturne, di fatiscenti metropoli illuminate da un cielo grigiastro per le colorate luci al neon e gli ologrammi dei locali malfamati. In questo mondo si muove Case, che un tempo era stato il miglior “cow boy” d’interfaccia, un uomo che con la mente riusciva a entrare e muoversi nell’incredibile mondo delle matrici dei computer, nel cosiddetto “cyberspace”, dove la sua essenza disincarnata frugava nelle banche-dati delle ricchissime corporazioni che dominavano la Terra e rubava le informazioni richieste dai suoi mandanti. Ma poi Case aveva commesso il classico errore, aveva cercato di rubare anche ai suoi mandanti, di tener per sé parte del bottino. E, scoperto, era stato vittima di un destino cui avrebbe preferito la morte: il suo sistema nervoso era stato danneggiato in maniera tale che non avrebbe più potuto entrare nel misterioso e bellissimo mondo del “cyberspace”. Ma forse Case aveva ancora un’altra possibilità, e stava soltanto a lui sfruttarla a dovere. Un romanzo magnifico e avvincente, che unisce in maniera splendida un’accurata estrapolazione sociale e tecnologica a una incredibile serie di personaggi dipinti con maestria e con uno stile vivido e immediato, da un nuovo scrittore che ha già conquistato il pubblico d’oltre oceano e si avvia a diventare uno dei nuovi “grandi” della fantascienza mondiale. Vincitore dei premi Nebula e Philip K. Dick in 1984. Vincitore del premio Hugo in 1985

Case, a kozolcowboy, az adatmezők magányos vándora magára haragította megbízóit, s ezért a hibáért képességeinek legjavával kellett fizetnie. Azóta üzletel, a fennmaradásért küzd a XXI. századi Japán alvilágban, ahol a pénz szava törvény, a könnyelműség büntetése pedig gyors, kíméletlen halál

Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols. The action takes place in London, Tokyo, and Moscow as Cayce judges the effectiveness of a proposed corporate symbol and is hired to seek the creators of film clips anonymously posted to the internet. The novel's central theme involves the examination of the human desire to detect patterns or meaning and the risks of finding patterns in meaningless data. Other themes include methods of interpretation of history, cultural familiarity with brand names, and tensions between art and commercialization. The September 11, 2001 attacks are used as a motif representing the transition to the new century. Critics identify influences in Pattern Recognition from Thomas Pynchon's post-structuralist detective story The Crying of Lot 49. The novel is Gibson's eighth and the first to be set in the contemporary world. Like his previous work, it has been classified as a science fiction and postmodern novel, with the action unfolding along a thriller plot line. Critics approved of the writing but found the plot unoriginal and some of the language distracting. The book peaked at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list, was nominated for the 2003 British Science Fiction Association Award, and was shortlisted for the 2004 Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards

Cyberpunk is dead The revolution has been co-opted by half-assed heroes, overclocked CGI, and tricked-out sunglasses. Once radical, cyberpunk is nothing more than a brand. Time to stop flipping the channel These sixteen extreme stories reveal a government ninja routed by a bicycle repairman, the inventor of digitized paper hijacked by his college crush, a dead boy trapped in a warped storybook paradise, and the Queen of England attacked with the deadliest of forbidden technology: a working modem. You'll meet Manfred Macx, renegade meme-broker, Red Sonja, virtual reality sex-goddess, and Felix, humble sysadmin and post-apocalyptic hero. Editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel (Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology) have united cyberpunk visionaries William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Pat Cadigan with the new post-cyberpunk vanguard including Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and Jonathan Lethem. Including a canon-establishing introduction and excerpts from a hotly-contested online debate, Rewired is the first anthology to define and capture the crackling excitement of the post-cyberpunks. From the grittiness of Mirrorshades to the Singularity and beyond, it's time to revive the revolution. Are you ready?

Now that the present has caught up with William Gibson's vision of the future, which made him the most influential science fiction writer of the past quarter century, he has started writing about a time-our time-in which everyday life feels like science fiction. With his previous novel, Pattern Recognition, the challenge of writing about the present-day world drove him to create perhaps his best novel yet, and in Spook Country he remains at the top of his game. It's a stripped-down thriller that reads like the best DeLillo (or the best Gibson), with the lives of a half-dozen evocative characters connected by a tightly converging plot and by the general senses of unease and wonder in our networked, post-9/11 time

Amazon.com The author of Neuromancer takes you to the vividly realized near future of 2005. Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pick-pocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich–or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. From Publishers Weekly Gibson's cyberpunk thriller set in a near-future L.A.–a two-week PW bestseller–depicts the hunt for virtual reality glasses containing classified data. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millenium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich–or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash

Gibson új regénye a XXI. század első évtizedébe, egy neurománc — ciklusnál közelebbi jövőbe vezet. Hősei egy széthullóban lévő világ információfogyasztó polgárai, akik gyorsan élnek, de nem lehetnek sem gyorsabbak, sem okosabbak a mindenütt jelenlévő számítógépeknél…

Rok 2005, dwa siostrzane stany NoCal i SoCal powstałe w miejscu dawnej Kalifornii. Minione tysiąclecie pozostawiło nielicznych ocalałych i oszołomionych mieszkańców. Berry Rydell pracuje teraz dla łowcy nagród; Chevette Washington pod wpływem nagłego impulsu kradnie niewinnie wyglądające okulary. Jest to produkt bardzo zaawansowanej technologii. To, co przez nie widać, może uczynić człowieka bogatym lub martwym