Literary Visions in Gibson's Neuromancer and Cyberspace
Dr. Tatheer A. Faiq
Mustansiriyah University, College of Arts, Iraq
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Abstract
This paper discusses the development of the cultural transformation in the reception of AI and how the conception of the killer machines has changed into a more optimistic human view on science fiction and the way in which cyber effect overcomes the boundaries between the real and the virtual worlds. The Neuromancer by William Gibson is a novel published in 1984 and its popularity has been very much associated in the cultural change of our human conceptions of AI. As a result by 2007 it had sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide in addition to receiving many esteemed awards. This paper examines the novel literary and cultural influences in evolving the cyberpunk genre.
Keywords:
Cyberpunk; science fiction; Gibson; cyber space; Artificial Intelligence
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