Tag: Neuromancer

New BURNING CHROME Audiobook Out Tomorrow!

Posted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025

William Gibson‘s BURNING CHROME — the fourth book in the author’s Sprawl/Neuromancer series — is out tomorrow in a new audiobook edition! Published by W. F. Howes, it’s read by Oliver James Parkins and William Hope. Here’s the synopsis…

Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of William Gibson’s best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson’s characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains ‘Johnny Mnemonic’ (filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story ‘Burning Chrome’ – both nominated for the Nebula Award – as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories ‘Dogfight’ and ‘The Winter Market’.

W. F. Howes has also published the first three books in the series as audiobooks: NEUROMANCER, COUNT ZERO, and MONA LISA OVERDRIVE.

The novels are also available in print and eBook editions, published in the UK by Gollancz.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

New BURNING CHROME Audiobook Out in Three Weeks!

Posted on Thursday, August 14th, 2025

A new UK audiobook edition of William Gibson‘s BURNING CHROME is out in three weeks! Due to be published by W. F. Howes in the first week of September, it’s read by Oliver James Parkins and William Hope. Here’s the synopsis…

Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of William Gibson’s best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson’s characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains ‘Johnny Mnemonic’ (filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story ‘Burning Chrome’ – both nominated for the Nebula Award – as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories ‘Dogfight’ and ‘The Winter Market’.

W. F. Howes has also published the first three books in the series as audiobooks: NEUROMANCER, COUNT ZERO, and MONA LISA OVERDRIVE.

The novels are also available in print and eBook editions, published in the UK by Gollancz.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

William Gibson’s MONA LISA OVERDRIVE out this week in new audiobook edition!

Posted on Monday, July 21st, 2025

This week, W. F. Howes are due to publish a new UK audiobook edition of MONA LISA OVERDRIVE by William Gibson! Released on July 24th, it’s read by Jill Winternitz, Crystal Clarke, Haruka Abe, and Joshua Collins. Here’s the synopsis…

The ghost was her father’s parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita.

Mona is a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is turned upside down when her pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon in New York and overnight she’s turned into someone else.

Angie Mitchell is a famous Hollywood Sense/Net star with a special talent. And despite the efforts of studio bosses to keep her in ignorance, Angie’s started remembering things. Soon she’ll discover who she really is… and why she doesn’t need a deck in order to enter cyberspace.

From inside the matrix, plots are set in motion and human beings are being played like pieces on a board. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes.

Or so they think…

MONA LISA OVERDRIVE is third novel in the author’s Sprawl series, which also includes the classic NEUROMANCER and COUNT ZERO — both of which are also out now in audiobooks, published by W. F. Howes — and BURNING CHROME (new audiobook due out in September).

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

New UK Audiobook of William Gibson’s MONA LISA OVERDRIVE out in two weeks!

Posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

In two weeks (July 24th), W. F. Howes are due to publish a new UK audiobook edition of William Gibson‘s acclaimed MONA LISA OVERDRIVE! It’s the third novel in the author’s Sprawl series, which begins with the cyberpunk classic, NEUROMANCER. Read by Jill Winternitz, Crystal Clarke, Haruka Abe, and Joshua Collins, here’s the synopsis…

The ghost was her father’s parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita.

Mona is a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is turned upside down when her pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon in New York and overnight she’s turned into someone else.

Angie Mitchell is a famous Hollywood Sense/Net star with a special talent. And despite the efforts of studio bosses to keep her in ignorance, Angie’s started remembering things. Soon she’ll discover who she really is… and why she doesn’t need a deck in order to enter cyberspace.

From inside the matrix, plots are set in motion and human beings are being played like pieces on a board. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes.

Or so they think…

NEUROMANCER and COUNT ZERO are also available as audiobooks in the UK, published by W. F. Howes. A new audiobook edition of the fourth book in the series, BURNING CHROME, is forthcoming. The print and eBook editions of the series are published in the UK by Gollancz.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

New UK Audiobook Edition of William Gibson’s COUNT ZERO is Out Now!

Posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2025

William Gibson‘s acclaimed COUNT ZERO is out now in a new UK audiobook edition! The second novel in the Sprawl series, which began with the classic NEUROMANCER, it is published by W. F. Howes, and read by Alix Wilton Regan, Kyle Soller, and Sebastián Capitán Viveros. Here’s the synopsis…

They set a Slamhound on Turner’s trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the colour of his hair.When the Maas Biolabs and Hosaka zaibatsus fight it out for world domination, computer cowboys like Turner and Count Zero are just foot soldiers in the great game: useful but ultimately expendable.When Turner wakes up in Mexico — in a new body with a beautiful woman beside him — his corporate masters let him recuperate for a while, then reactivate his memory for a mission even more dangerous than the one that nearly killed him: the head designer from Maas Biolabs says he wants to defect to Hosaka, and it’s Turner’s job to deliver him safely.

Count Zero is a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the designer’s defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo gods in the Net and angels in the software, he can only hope that the megacorps and the super-rich have their virtual hands too full to notice the amateur hacker with the black market kit trying desperately to stay alive.

COUNT ZERO and the other novels in the Sprawl series — NEUROMANCER, MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, and BURNING CHROME — are available in print and eBook in the UK, published by Gollancz.

NEUROMANCER is also available in a couple of other SF Masterworks editions, also published by Gollancz.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of to Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

Coming Soon: New UK Audiobook edition of COUNT ZERO by William Gibson

Posted on Thursday, May 29th, 2025

A new UK audiobook edition of William Gibson‘s acclaimed COUNT ZERO is due out next month! The second novel in the Sprawl series, which began with the classic NEUROMANCER, it will be published by W. F. Howes on June 26th. The audiobook is read by Alix Wilton Regan, Kyle Soller, and Sebastián Capitán Viveros. Here’s the synopsis…

They set a Slamhound on Turner’s trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the colour of his hair.When the Maas Biolabs and Hosaka zaibatsus fight it out for world domination, computer cowboys like Turner and Count Zero are just foot soldiers in the great game: useful but ultimately expendable.When Turner wakes up in Mexico — in a new body with a beautiful woman beside him — his corporate masters let him recuperate for a while, then reactivate his memory for a mission even more dangerous than the one that nearly killed him: the head designer from Maas Biolabs says he wants to defect to Hosaka, and it’s Turner’s job to deliver him safely.

Count Zero is a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the designer’s defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo gods in the Net and angels in the software, he can only hope that the megacorps and the super-rich have their virtual hands too full to notice the amateur hacker with the black market kit trying desperately to stay alive.

COUNT ZERO and the other novels in the Sprawl series — NEUROMANCER, MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, and BURNING CHROME — are available in print and eBook in the UK, published by Gollancz.

NEUROMANCER is also available in a couple of other SF Masterworks editions, also published by Gollancz.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of to Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER 40th Anniversary Editions Out Tomorrow in the UK!

Posted on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

Tomorrow, Gollancz publishes the 40th anniversary editions of William Gibson‘s classic, beloved NEUROMANCER! Available direct from Gollancz, it’s available in two editions (one with a slipcase, one without). Here are the details, plus synopsis…

The 40th anniversary special edition hardback of Neuromancer, a science fiction novel that changed the face of the genre. Featuring a stunning dust jacket designed by Daniel Brown, a holographic foil blocked real-cloth case, two-colour printing inside the book, and 25 illustrations by Marco Luna. This incredible edition is exclusive to The Gollancz Emporium.

Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and ‘console cowboy’ who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life.

Until he meets Molly, an augmented ‘razorgirl’, who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it’s not so simple – unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again.

And the job? That might be impossible.

The first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer has become a seminal part of SF history, coining the term ‘cyberspace’ and lighting a fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. Part thriller, part warning, it is one of the 20th century’s most potent visions of the future.

NEUROMANCER is also available in two SF Masterworks editions — a hardcover and paperback editions. (It is also, of course, available as an eBook.)

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

ICYMI: More New Gibson Audiobooks on the way!

Posted on Friday, November 1st, 2024

Announced earlier this week by The Bookseller, we are very happy to share the news that W. F. Howes has acquired six more William Gibson novels, to be released as audiobooks over the course of 2025!

W. F. Howes already publishes the audiobook edition of NEUROMANCER (read by Jason Flemyng), and will now also publish audiobook editions of the rest of the books in that series:

  • COUNT ZERO
  • MONA LISA OVERDRIVE
  • BURNING CHROME (a short story collection).

NEUROMANCER and the other books in the series are published in the UK by Gollancz.

The other three books in the deal are Gibson’s acclaimed Bridge Trilogy:

  • VIRTUAL LIGHT
  • IDORU
  • ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES

The Bridge Trilogy is published in the UK by Penguin, who also publish Gibson’s two latest novels: THE PERIPHERAL and AGENCY.

Coming Soon: NEUROMANCER 40th Anniversary Editions!

Posted on Monday, October 28th, 2024

In case you missed it on Friday, Gollancz has announced two limited, 40th anniversary editions of William Gibson‘s classic, genre-defining NEUROMANCER! These editions will be available through Gollancz’s webstore, from December 5th, and are strictly limited in number. Before we get to the different editions, here’s the synopsis…

The 40th anniversary special edition hardback of Neuromancer, a science fiction novel that changed the face of the genre. Featuring a stunning dust jacket designed by Daniel Brown, a holographic foil blocked real-cloth case, two-colour printing inside the book, and 25 illustrations by Marco Luna. This incredible edition is exclusive to The Gollancz Emporium.

Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and ‘console cowboy’ who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life.

Until he meets Molly, an augmented ‘razorgirl’, who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it’s not so simple – unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again.

And the job? That might be impossible.

The first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer has become a seminal part of SF history, coining the term ‘cyberspace’ and lighting a fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. Part thriller, part warning, it is one of the 20th century’s most potent visions of the future.

The more-limited edition of the book (only 200 copies) is a signed hardcover presented in a solander box, at £250.

There will also be 500 copies of the hardcover edition of the novel, at £100.

NEUROMANCER, and Gibson’s other novels in the Sprawl series, are also available in eBook and paperback in the UK, published by Gollancz — COUNT ZERO, MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, and BURNING CHROME are the other three titles. (NEUROMANCER is a also available as part of the SF Masterworks series.)

Gibson’s latest novels are THE PERIPHERAL (adapted for television by Amazon Prime) and AGENCY, published in the UK by Penguin.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

ICYMI: William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER is in Development for Television!

Posted on Monday, December 12th, 2022

In case you missed the news, Apple TV+ is developing William Gibson‘s classic, highly-influential and multi-award-winning cyberpunk novel NEUROMANCER for television! According to Illuminerdi, Apple has offered the lead role to Miles Teller, who would play Case.

The novel’s SF Masterworks edition was recently re-issued in the UK by Gollancz (cover above). Here’s the synopsis…

Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and ‘console cowboy’ who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life.

Until he meets Molly, an augmented ‘razorgirl’, who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it’s not so simple – unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again.

And the job? That might be impossible.

The first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer has become a seminal part of SF history, coining the term ‘cyberspace’ and lighting a fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. Part thriller, part warning, it is one of the 20th century’s most potent visions of the future.

William Gibson is also the author of THE PERIPHERAL, which was recently adapted by Amazon Prime, to much acclaim. THE PERIPHERAL is the first novel in the author’s Jackpot series, which also includes AGENCY — both are published in the UK by Penguin.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

New SF Masterwork Edition of William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER Out Now!

Posted on Thursday, November 24th, 2022

A new SF Masterworks edition of William Gibson‘s cyberpunk classic, NEUROMANCER is out in two weeks! Due to be published by Gollancz on November 24th, here’s the synopsis…

Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and ‘console cowboy’ who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life.

Until he meets Molly, an augmented ‘razorgirl’, who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it’s not so simple – unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again.

And the job? That might be impossible.

The first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer has become a seminal part of SF history, coining the term ‘cyberspace’ and lighting a fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. Part thriller, part warning, it is one of the 20th century’s most potent visions of the future.

William Gibson’s latest novels are THE PERIPHERAL and AGENCY, both published in the UK by Penguin. THE PERIPHERAL has been adapted by Amazon into the critically acclaimed TV series of the same name.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

New Edition of William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER Out in Two Weeks!

Posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2022

A new SF Masterworks edition of William Gibson‘s acclaimed, multi-award winning cyberpunk classic, NEUROMANCER is out in two weeks! Due to be published by Gollancz on November 24th, here’s the synopsis…

Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and ‘console cowboy’ who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life.

Until he meets Molly, an augmented ‘razorgirl’, who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it’s not so simple – unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again.

And the job? That might be impossible.

The first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer has become a seminal part of SF history, coining the term ‘cyberspace’ and lighting a fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. Part thriller, part warning, it is one of the 20th century’s most potent visions of the future.

William Gibson’s latest novels are THE PERIPHERAL and AGENCY, both published in the UK by Penguin. THE PERIPHERAL has been adapted by Amazon into the critically acclaimed TV series of the same name.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

NEUROMANCER Audiobook out this week in the UK!

Posted on Monday, May 24th, 2021

This Thursday (May 27th), audiobook and cyberpunk fans in the UK will be able to get their hands (ears?) on the new audio edition of William Gibson‘s classic NEUROMANCER! Narrated by Jason Flemyng, it’s published via W.F. Howes’s Clipper imprint. Here’s the synopsis…

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term ‘cyberspace’ produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement.

More than three decades later, Gibson’s text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century’s most potent and compelling visions of the future.

NEUROMANCER is the first book in Gibson’s Sprawl series, published in print and eBook in the UK by Gollancz. There is also a SF Masterworks edition of the novel — the novel won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

Gollancz also publishes the other three novels in the Sprawl series, in print and eBook: COUNT ZERO, MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, and BURNING CHROME.

The author’s latest novel is AGENCY, the sequel to THE PERIPHERAL — both are published in the UK by Penguin.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

New UK Audio Edition of NEUROMANCER out in Three Weeks!

Posted on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

In three weeks, W.F. Howes’s Clipper imprint are due to publish a new UK audiobook edition of William Gibson‘s classic NEUROMANCER! It’s the novel that revolutionised science fiction, and pioneered cyberpunk. The new audiobook is narrated by Jason Flemyng, and will be available on May 27th. Here’s the synopsis…

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term ‘cyberspace’ produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement.

More than three decades later, Gibson’s text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century’s most potent and compelling visions of the future.

The novel, the first in Gibson’s Sprawl series, is published in print and eBook in the UK by Gollancz. There is also a SF Masterworks edition of the novel.

Gibson’s latest series, Jackpot, is published in the UK by Penguin: to date, the first and second novels are available — THE PERIPHERAL and AGENCY.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

Short Fiction Watch: CHASING SHADOWS

Posted on Friday, August 18th, 2017

In this instalment of Short Fiction Watch, we wanted to draw your attention to the recent CHASING SHADOWS anthology, with was edited by David Brin and Stephen W. Potts. Published by Tor Books, it includes a story by Aliette de Bodard, and another by William Gibson…

A collection of short stories and essays by other science fiction luminaries. As we debate Internet privacy, revenge porn, the NSA, and Edward Snowden, cameras get smaller, faster, and more numerous. Has Orwell’s Big Brother finally come to pass? Or have we become a global society of thousands of Little Brothers — watching, judging, and reporting on one another?

The collection includes de Bodard’s “First Presentation” and Gibson’s “The Road to Oceania”.

Aliette de Bodard is the award-winning author of, most recently, the Dominion of the Fallen series: THE HOUSE OF SHATTERED WINGS and THE HOUSE OF BINDING THORNS. Both novels are published by Gollancz in the UK, and Roc Books in North America.

William Gibson’s Neuromancer/Sprawl series were rereleased in the UK recently by Gollancz: NEUROMANCER (also available in a new hardcover edition), COUNT ZERO, MONA LISA OVERDRIVE and BURNING CHROME.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Martha Millard at Sterling Lord Literistic