Editing Neuromancer (section)

== Reception ==
''Neuromancer'' was released to immense critical success, becoming the only novel ever to win the "triple crown"—[[Hugo Award for Best Novel]], the [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]] and the [[Philip K. Dick Award]] for original paperback fiction.{{Sfn|McCaffery|1991|p=263}}{{Sfn|Renegar| Dionisopoulos|2011|p=11}}{{Efn|This achievement was described by the ''[[Mail & Guardian]]'' as "the sci-fi writer's version of winning the [[Prix Goncourt|Goncourt]], [[Booker Prize|Booker]] and [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]] prizes in the same year".{{Sfn|Walker|1996}} According to Philip K. Dick Award judge [[Robert J. Sawyer]] on his blog, this award is unfeasible as an achievement due to differences in eligibility criteria.{{Sfn|Sawyer|2016}}}} It was nominated or shortlisted for virtually every other science-fiction prize,{{Sfn|Murphy|2024|p=2}} including the 1984 [[BSFA Award for Best Novel]].{{Sfn|Omry|2022|p=68}}{{Sfn|Liptak|2014}} Released "without fanfare" as a [[Paperback|mass-market paperback]], ''Neuromancer'' gained an audience primarily through word of mouth,{{Sfn|Liptak|2014}} coinciding with the boom in personal computing.{{Sfn|Butler|2004|p=212}} ''The Observer'' noted that ''[[The New York Times]]'' didn't mention the novel until 10 years after release,{{Sfn|Adams|2007}} but contemporary reviews were largely positive. ''The Observer'' and ''The Evening Sun'', agreed that the novel presented a compelling image of a near-future.{{Sfn|The Evening Sun|1984|p=10}}{{Sfn|Johnston|1984|p=28}} One critic compared Gibson's cyberspace to   [[Disney Corporation|Disney]]'s [[Tron]] (1982).{{Sfn|The Evening Sun|1984|p=10}} It appealed to people who were fans of Gibson's short stories,{{Sfn|Newsday|1984}} and found success with readers who were not previously interested in computer fiction.{{Sfn|The Roanoke Times|1983}} Gibson recorded an abridged version of the novel as cassette-based audiobook in 1995, which a reviewer for [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] found somewhat disappointing but repeated praise for the novel itself.{{Sfn|Pleshaw|1995}}