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William gibson is credited with having coined the term cyberspace and having envisioned both the internet and virtual reality before either existed. Download the difference engine audiobook by william gibson. After expanding on the story in neuromancer with two more novels count zero in 1986, and mona lisa overdrive in 1988, thus completing the dystopic sprawl trilogy, gibson collaborated with bruce sterling on the alternate history novel the difference engine 1990, which became an important work of the science fiction subgenre known as steampunk. William gibsons 1984 novel neuromancer took the science fiction world by storm, winning the hugo, nebula and philip k. His first novel neuromancer sold more than six million. The sprawl trilogy, the difference engine, and the bridge trilogy. The difference engine by william gibson overdrive rakuten. Neuromancer was a success and gibson kept writing sf. His first novel neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide, and count zero and mona.
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