{"product_id":"sprawl-series-william-gibson-4-books-collection-set-fiction-paperback","title":"Sprawl Series by William Gibson 4 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNeuromancer\u003cbr\u003eCount Zero\u003cbr\u003eMona Lisa Overdrive\u003cbr\u003eBurning Chrome\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Brand New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781473233966\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Orion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis Sprawl Series collection brings together William Gibson's landmark cyberpunk fiction in one brand new paperback set. Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive form the acclaimed Sprawl Trilogy, tracing hackers, artificial intelligences, and corporate power across a near-future world of cyberspace and street-level survival. Burning Chrome rounds out the set with ten razor-sharp short stories that helped define the genre. Together these four books capture Gibson's restless, prophetic vision of technology and identity, making this collection essential reading for science fiction fans and a perfect introduction to the writer who coined the term cyberspace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFew science fiction collections carry the influence of William Gibson's Sprawl Series. Opening with Neuromancer, Gibson's 1984 debut swept the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards and introduced readers to a wired, neon-lit future where consciousness could jack directly into cyberspace. The novel follows a burned-out console cowboy pulled into one last job, threading noir atmosphere through a story about artificial intelligence, corporate control, and the blurred line between human and machine. Count Zero widens the canvas, following a corporate extraction gone wrong, a data thief hunting a mysterious art collection, and a teenager touched by strange, emergent digital forces, all converging across the same fractured cityscape. Mona Lisa Overdrive closes the trilogy by weaving together the fates of a runaway heiress, a washed-up simulation star, and a girl with a gift for reading the matrix, bringing the Sprawl's hackers and AIs to a fitting reckoning. Burning Chrome, the collection's fourth volume, gathers ten short stories that predate and expand the Sprawl universe, including the title story that first introduced Gibson's vision of cyberspace to readers. Written with a clipped, cinematic style that blends hard-boiled crime fiction with speculative technology, these four books together mapped the template for cyberpunk as a genre. Readers who enjoy immersive world-building, morally ambiguous protagonists, and prescient ideas about networks, surveillance, and artificial minds will find this set a rewarding, cohesive reading experience from one of science fiction's most important voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Benefits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete Sprawl Series set: the full trilogy plus Gibson's essential short story collection, Burning Chrome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new paperback books, ideal for building a serious science fiction library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures Neuromancer, the multi-award-winning novel that launched the cyberpunk genre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact paperback format, easy to read, gift, or take on the go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat gift idea for sci-fi readers, students, or fans of speculative fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA cohesive reading experience spanning novels and short fiction from one visionary author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook-by-Book Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNeuromancer — A burned-out hacker is recruited for one impossible heist against a powerful artificial intelligence, in the novel that won the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards.\u003cbr\u003e\nCount Zero — A corporate mercenary, a data thief, and a gifted teenager are drawn into a dangerous convergence of art, money, and emergent digital intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\nMona Lisa Overdrive — A runaway heiress, a fading simulation idol, and a girl with a rare gift for the matrix collide as the Sprawl Trilogy reaches its conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\nBurning Chrome — Ten short stories, including the title tale that introduced the concept of cyberspace, showcase Gibson's early, genre-defining short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian author widely credited as the father of the cyberpunk genre. His 1984 debut novel, Neuromancer, won the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards and introduced the term \"cyberspace\" to popular culture, shaping decades of fiction, film, and technology discourse. Gibson went on to complete the Sprawl Trilogy with Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, and collected his early short fiction in Burning Chrome. Known for his precise, atmospheric prose and prescient visions of networked society, Gibson remains one of speculative fiction's most influential and closely read voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis collection delivers the complete, essential Gibson experience in one brand new paperback set — perfect for sci-fi fans, gifting to a reader who loves smart speculative fiction, or building out a home library. Whether it's a birthday gift, holiday season present, or your next summer reading pick, these four genre-defining books belong on every serious science fiction shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57218426569078,"sku":"PLD23890","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/6587\/2211\/files\/sprawl-series-william-gibson-paperback.jpg?v=1785875839","url":"https:\/\/skymartbooks.com\/products\/sprawl-series-william-gibson-4-books-collection-set-fiction-paperback","provider":"Skymart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}