Neuromancer

Published in 1984, Neuromancer was William Gibson's first novel, and won him the 1985 Hugo Award, 1985 Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and the 1984 Nebula award.

Set in a dystopic, plausible, all-too-near-future, this book explored ideas such as artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, multinational corporations dominating the world at the expense of the nation-state?, and cyberspace (a computer network called the matrix) long before these ideas were fashionable in popular culture. Gibson also suggested the dehumanizing effects of a world dominated by ubiquitous and cheap technology, where violence and the [free market]? are the only things that one can rely upon.