Description
Gibson, William.
Neuromancer.
West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia Press, 1986. First Limited Special Edition.
Octavo (6.5 x 9.25 in.). 231 pp. Bound in publisher’s black cloth with silver spine titling. Housed in the original striking pictorial dust jacket, now protected in mylar. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
This is the First Phantasia Press Limited Edition, issued in a run of 1,200 copies, and constitutes the true first hardcover edition of Neuromancer, published two years after the 1984 paperback original. A landmark of 20th-century science fiction, Neuromancer is the cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre, introducing the term “cyberspace” and foreshadowing the rise of virtual realities, AI, and hacker culture.
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Gibson’s debut novel remains one of the most influential works in speculative fiction, deeply shaping the visual and philosophical landscape of digital-era narratives. Gibson wrote this entire novel on a typewriter as he did not own a computer at the time of its writing.
Condition: A Fine copy in a Fine jacket. Wrapped in mylar.
Reference: Chalker & Owings, The Science-Fantasy Publishers, p.342
$1,600
