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Sprawl (Necromancer) Series

by William Gibson

2017•EN
About the book

The Sprawl series follows Henry Dorsett Case, a data thief hired by a mysterious entity to bypass the ice securing a massive artificial intelligence. The narrative moves through the neon-lit underworld of Chiba City and the corporate enclaves of orbital habitats, tracing a conspiracy involving the Tessier-Ashpool dynasty. Gibson introduces the concept of cyberspace, a consensual hallucination representing global data networks. Alongside Case, the street samurai Molly Millions utilizes cybernetic implants and retractable blades to navigate physical threats while hackers execute complex intrusions into heavy encryption.

This series serves readers interested in the intersections of high-level hardware, corporate dominance, and urban decay. Technologists and science fiction enthusiasts study these books to understand the origins of the cyberpunk aesthetic and the specific visualization of internet architecture. Readers gain a perspective on how digital identities interact with physical mortality. By the conclusion, the reader understands the mechanical structure of a world where human consciousness can be digitized and biological bodies become secondary to information flow.

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Published
2017
Language
EN

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