Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It is one of the best-known works in the cyberpunk genre and the first novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.^[1] It was Gibson’s debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy. The novel tells the near-future story of Case, a washed-up computer hacker hired by a mysterious employer for one last job against a powerful artificial intelligence.

For our class we will be especially concerned with the ways in which Neuromancer creates the imaginative and terminological conditions for the Wachowskis when they create their Matrix movies universe.

April 1-5, 2019

Our activities in this Neuromancer unit will be organized as follows (in this order):

Monday, April 1

A. Finish READING the Neuromancer novel.

Wednesday, April 3

B. READ the following Neuromancer links:

I didn’t create my own pages or videos for this unit because the two following links do basically what I would have done, which is to try to give you a clear sense of what is going on in the novel.

• Neuromancer Study Guide (Prof. Paul Brians)
• Wikipedia Neuromancer Page

C. WRITE your Neuromancer blog post. I am not assigning a specific prompt other than for you to try to make sense of this wild and amazing novel.

Friday, April 5

D. RESPOND to your blogmates’ Neuromancer blog posts.

Class Links

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External Links

• Neuromancer Study Guide (Prof. Paul Brians)
• Wikipedia Neuromancer Page
• Online Text
• The Long Overdue Movie Trailer (fake video)
• The Movie is Back On
• The New Cyber/Reality (Interview Video with Gibson)
• Full Audiobook
• BBC Radio Play Version
• William Gibson: Technology, Science Fiction & the Apocalypse (Interview Video with Gibson)
• CYBERPUNK 2035 Audio-Film
• The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
• Neuromancer v the Matrix
• Neuromancer Art
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