<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
is	O
a	O
1984	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
by	O
American-Canadian	O
writer	O
William	O
Gibson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
the	O
novel	O
follows	O
Henry	O
Case	O
,	O
a	O
washed-up	O
hacker	O
hired	O
for	O
one	O
last	O
job	O
,	O
which	O
brings	O
him	O
in	O
contact	O
with	O
a	O
powerful	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
Gibson	O
had	O
written	O
several	O
short	O
stories	O
for	O
US	O
science	O
fiction	O
periodicals	O
—	O
mostly	O
noir	O
countercultural	O
narratives	O
concerning	O
low-life	O
protagonists	O
in	O
near-future	O
encounters	O
with	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
themes	O
he	O
developed	O
in	O
this	O
early	O
short	O
fiction	O
,	O
the	O
Sprawl	O
setting	O
of	O
"	O
Burning	O
Chrome	O
"	O
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Molly	O
Millions	O
from	O
"	O
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
"	O
(	O
1981	O
)	O
laid	O
the	O
foundations	O
for	O
the	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Carpenter	O
's	O
Escape	O
from	O
New	O
York	O
(	O
1981	O
)	O
influenced	O
the	O
novel	O
;	O
Gibson	O
was	O
"	O
intrigued	O
by	O
the	O
exchange	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
opening	O
scenes	O
where	O
the	O
Warden	O
says	O
to	O
Snake	O
'	O
You	O
flew	O
the	O
Gullfire	O
over	O
Leningrad	B-Device
 '	O
It	O
turns	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
just	O
a	O
throwaway	O
line	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
a	O
moment	O
it	O
worked	O
like	O
the	O
best	O
SF	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
casual	O
reference	O
can	O
imply	O
a	O
lot.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gibson	O
heard	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
flatlining	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
bar	O
around	O
twenty	O
years	O
before	O
writing	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
and	O
it	O
stuck	O
with	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
was	O
commissioned	O
by	O
Terry	O
Carr	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
series	O
of	O
Ace	O
Science	O
Fiction	O
Specials	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
feature	O
debut	O
novels	O
exclusively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
viewing	O
the	O
first	O
20	O
minutes	O
of	O
the	O
landmark	O
film	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
when	O
Gibson	O
had	O
written	O
a	O
third	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
,	O
he	O
"	O
figured	O
 [ Neuromancer ] 	O
was	O
sunk	O
,	O
done	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Henry	O
Dorsett	O
Case	O
is	O
a	O
low-level	O
hustler	O
in	O
the	O
dystopian	B-Application
underworld	O
of	O
Chiba	O
City	O
,	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
punishment	O
,	O
Case	O
's	O
central	O
nervous	O
system	O
was	O
damaged	O
,	O
leaving	O
him	O
unable	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
dataspace	B-Application
called	O
the	O
"	O
matrix	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	O
is	O
approached	O
by	O
Molly	O
Millions	O
,	O
an	O
augmented	O
"	O
razorgirl	O
"	O
and	O
mercenary	B-Application
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
a	O
shadowy	O
US	O
ex-military	O
officer	O
named	O
Armitage	O
,	O
who	O
offers	O
to	O
cure	O
Case	O
for	O
his	O
services	O
as	O
a	O
hacker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Armitage	O
has	O
Case	O
and	O
Molly	O
steal	O
a	O
ROM	B-Device
module	O
that	O
contains	O
the	O
saved	O
consciousness	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
Case	O
's	O
mentors	O
,	O
legendary	O
cyber-cowboy	O
McCoy	O
Pauley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
trail	O
leads	O
Case	O
to	O
Wintermute	B-Application
,	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
created	O
by	O
the	O
Tessier-Ashpool	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
reveals	O
itself	O
to	O
Case	O
and	O
explains	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
one	O
half	O
of	O
a	O
super-AI	O
entity	O
planned	O
by	O
the	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
programmed	O
with	O
a	O
need	O
to	O
merge	O
with	O
its	O
other	O
half	O
,	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
and	O
has	O
recruited	O
Armitage	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
since	O
it	O
cannot	O
achieve	O
this	O
goal	O
by	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
entering	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
to	O
pierce	O
the	O
software	O
barriers	O
with	O
an	O
icebreaker	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
Wintermute	B-Application
had	O
originally	O
contacted	O
Corto	O
through	O
a	O
computer	O
during	O
his	O
psychotherapy	O
,	O
creating	O
his	O
Armitage	O
persona	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Corto	O
breaks	O
through	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
uncontrollable	O
,	O
and	O
Wintermute	B-Application
ejects	O
him	O
into	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riviera	O
meets	O
Lady	O
3Jane	O
and	O
tries	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
mission	O
,	O
helping	O
Lady	O
3Jane	O
and	O
Hideo	O
,	O
her	O
ninja	B-Application
bodyguard	O
,	O
capture	O
Molly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
orders	O
from	O
Wintermute	B-Application
,	O
Case	O
tracks	O
Molly	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
traps	O
Case	O
within	O
a	O
simulated	B-Architecture
reality	I-Architecture
after	O
he	O
enters	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
meets	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
who	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
young	O
boy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
tries	O
to	O
convince	O
Case	O
to	O
remain	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	O
world	O
with	O
Linda	O
,	O
but	O
Case	O
refuses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Wintermute	B-Application
guiding	O
them	O
,	O
Case	O
goes	O
to	O
confront	O
Lady	O
3Jane	O
,	O
Riviera	O
,	O
and	O
Hideo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	O
enters	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
to	O
guide	O
the	O
icebreaker	O
;	O
Lady	O
3Jane	O
is	O
induced	O
to	O
give	O
up	O
her	O
password	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lock	O
opens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
unites	O
with	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
becoming	O
a	O
superconsciousness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
poison	O
in	O
Case	O
's	O
bloodstream	O
is	O
washed	O
out	O
and	O
he	O
and	O
Molly	O
are	O
profusely	O
paid	O
,	O
while	O
Pauley	O
's	O
ROM	B-Device
construct	O
is	O
apparently	O
erased	O
at	O
his	O
own	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute/Neuromancer	O
contacts	O
him	O
,	O
claiming	O
it	O
has	O
become	O
"	O
the	O
sum	O
total	O
of	O
the	O
works	O
,	O
the	O
whole	O
show	O
"	O
and	O
is	O
looking	O
for	O
others	O
like	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scanning	O
recorded	O
transmissions	O
,	O
the	O
super-AI	O
finds	O
a	O
transmission	O
from	O
the	O
Alpha	B-Application
Centauri	I-Application
star	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
logged	O
into	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
Case	O
glimpses	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
standing	O
in	O
the	O
distance	O
with	O
Linda	O
Lee	O
,	O
and	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sighting	O
implies	O
that	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
created	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Case	O
's	O
consciousness	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
exists	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
with	O
those	O
of	O
Linda	O
and	O
Pauley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
novel	O
's	O
antihero	B-Application
,	O
a	O
drug	O
addict	O
and	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
hacker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retaliation	O
they	O
used	O
a	O
Russian	O
mycotoxin	O
to	O
damage	O
his	O
nervous	O
system	O
and	O
make	O
him	O
unable	O
to	O
jack	O
into	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
he	O
will	O
have	O
his	O
liver	O
and	O
pancreas	O
modified	O
to	O
biochemically	O
nullify	O
his	O
ability	O
to	O
get	O
high	O
;	O
meet	O
the	O
leatherclad	O
Razorgirl	O
,	O
Molly	O
;	O
hang	O
out	O
with	O
the	O
drug-infused	O
space-rastas	O
;	O
free	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
Wintermute	B-Application
)	O
and	O
change	O
the	O
landscape	O
of	O
the	O
matrix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Molly	O
also	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
short	O
story	O
"	O
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
re-appears	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
alias	O
"	O
Sally	O
Shears	O
"	O
)	O
in	O
Mona	O
Lisa	O
Overdrive	O
,	O
the	O
third	O
novel	O
of	O
the	O
Sprawl	O
Trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
heavily	O
injured	O
both	O
physically	O
and	O
psychologically	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Armitage	O
"	O
personality	O
was	O
constructed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
experimental	O
"	O
computer-mediated	O
psychotherapy	O
"	O
by	O
Wintermute	B-Application
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligences	I-Application
seen	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
(	O
the	O
other	O
one	O
being	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
)	O
which	O
is	O
actually	O
controlling	O
the	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
controls	O
the	O
hardwiring	O
that	O
keeps	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
AIs	B-Application
from	O
exceeding	O
their	O
intelligence	O
boundaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
,	O
ninja	B-Application
,	O
Lady	O
3Jane	O
's	O
personal	O
servitor	O
and	O
bodyguard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
,	O
Wintermute	B-Application
uses	O
his	O
personality	O
to	O
talk	O
with	O
Case	O
and	O
Molly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
Wintermute	B-Application
takes	O
on	O
Deane	O
's	O
persona	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
Case	O
in	O
the	O
matrix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
famous	O
computer	O
hacker	O
named	O
McCoy	O
Pauley	O
,	O
who	O
earned	O
his	O
nickname	O
by	O
surviving	O
three	O
"	O
flat-lines	O
"	O
while	O
trying	O
to	O
crack	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
his	O
death	O
,	O
Sense/Net	O
saved	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
his	O
mind	O
onto	O
a	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	O
and	O
Molly	O
steal	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
and	O
Dixie	O
helps	O
them	O
complete	O
their	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
Tessier-Ashpool	O
AIs	B-Application
,	O
physically	O
located	O
in	O
Bern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
Turing	O
locks	O
upon	O
itself	O
,	O
combine	O
with	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
and	O
become	O
a	O
superintelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
's	O
efforts	O
are	O
hampered	O
by	O
those	O
same	O
Turing	O
locks	O
;	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
preventing	O
the	O
merge	O
,	O
they	O
inhibit	O
its	O
efforts	O
to	O
make	O
long	O
term	O
plans	O
or	O
maintain	O
a	O
stable	O
,	O
individual	O
identity	O
(	O
forcing	O
it	O
to	O
adopt	O
personality	O
masks	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
's	O
sibling	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
physically	O
located	O
in	O
Rio	O
de	O
Janeiro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
's	O
most	O
notable	O
feature	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
copy	O
minds	O
and	O
run	O
them	O
as	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
not	O
ROM	B-Device
like	O
the	O
Flatline	O
construct	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
stored	O
personalities	O
to	O
grow	O
and	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Wintermute	B-Application
,	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
has	O
no	O
desire	O
to	O
merge	O
with	O
its	O
sibling	O
AI	B-Application
—	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
already	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
stable	O
personality	O
,	O
and	O
believes	O
such	O
a	O
fusion	O
will	O
destroy	O
that	O
identity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gibson	O
defines	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
as	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
the	O
words	O
Neuro	O
,	O
Romancer	O
and	O
Necromancer	O
,	O
"	O
Neuro	O
from	O
the	O
nerves	O
,	O
the	O
silver	O
paths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Lance	O
Olsen	O
"	O
Gibson	O
becomes	O
the	O
new	O
romancer	O
behind	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
revitalizing	O
the	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
,	O
the	O
quest	O
story	O
,	O
the	O
myth	O
of	O
the	O
hero	O
,	O
the	O
mystery	O
,	O
the	O
hard-boiled	O
detective	O
novel	O
,	O
the	O
epic	O
,	O
the	O
thriller	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
tales	O
of	O
the	O
cowboy	O
and	O
romantic	O
artist	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	O
death	O
in	O
Chiba	O
City	O
and	O
later	O
pseudo-resurrection	O
by	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
serves	O
to	O
elicit	O
emotional	O
depth	O
in	O
Case	O
as	O
he	O
mourns	O
her	O
death	O
and	O
struggles	O
with	O
the	O
guilt	O
he	O
feels	O
at	O
rejecting	O
her	O
love	O
and	O
abandoning	O
her	O
both	O
in	O
Chiba	O
City	O
and	O
the	O
simulated	B-Architecture
reality	I-Architecture
generated	O
by	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Langford	O
reviewed	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
for	O
White	O
Dwarf	O
#59	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
I	O
spent	O
the	O
whole	O
time	O
on	O
the	O
edge	O
of	O
my	O
seat	O
and	O
got	O
a	O
cramp	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Langford	O
also	O
reviewed	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
for	O
White	O
Dwarf	O
#80	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
You	O
may	O
not	O
believe	O
in	O
killer	O
programs	O
which	O
invade	O
the	O
brain	O
,	O
but	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
if	O
you	O
once	O
let	O
it	O
into	O
your	O
wetware	O
,	O
is	O
n't	O
easily	O
erased.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancers	B-Device
release	O
was	O
not	O
greeted	O
with	O
fanfare	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
hit	O
a	O
cultural	O
nerve	O
,	O
quickly	O
becoming	O
an	O
underground	O
word-of-mouth	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
is	O
considered	O
"	O
the	O
archetypal	O
cyberpunk	O
work	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
novel	O
has	O
had	O
significant	O
linguistic	O
influence	O
,	O
popularizing	O
such	O
terms	O
as	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
and	O
ICE	O
(	O
Intrusion	O
Countermeasures	O
Electronics	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gibson	O
himself	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
"	O
in	O
his	O
novelette	O
"	O
Burning	O
Chrome	O
"	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Omni	O
magazine	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
through	O
its	O
use	O
in	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
that	O
it	O
gained	O
recognition	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
term	O
for	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
portion	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
usually	O
cited	O
in	O
this	O
respect	O
is	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1999	O
cyberpunk	O
science	O
fiction	O
film	O
The	O
Matrix	O
particularly	O
draws	O
from	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
both	O
eponym	O
and	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
matrix	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
afterword	O
to	O
the	O
2000	O
re-issue	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
fellow	O
author	O
Jack	O
Womack	O
goes	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
to	O
suggest	O
that	O
Gibson	O
's	O
vision	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
may	O
have	O
inspired	O
the	O
way	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Internet	O
developed	O
(	O
particularly	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
)	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lawrence	O
Person	O
in	O
his	O
"	O
Notes	O
Toward	O
a	O
Postcyberpunk	O
Manifesto	O
"	O
(	O
1998	O
)	O
identified	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
as	O
"	O
the	O
archetypal	O
cyberpunk	O
work	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Literary	O
critic	O
Larry	O
McCaffery	O
described	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
matrix	O
in	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
as	O
a	O
place	O
where	O
"	O
data	O
dance	O
with	O
human	O
consciousness	O
...	O
human	O
memory	O
is	O
literalized	O
and	O
mechanized	O
...	O
multi-national	O
information	O
systems	O
mutate	O
and	O
breed	O
into	O
startling	O
new	O
structures	O
whose	O
beauty	O
and	O
complexity	O
are	O
unimaginable	O
,	O
mystical	O
,	O
and	O
above	O
all	O
nonhuman.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gibson	O
later	O
commented	O
on	O
himself	O
as	O
an	O
author	O
circa	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
that	O
"	O
I	O
'd	O
buy	O
him	O
a	O
drink	O
,	O
but	O
I	O
do	O
n't	O
know	O
if	O
I	O
'd	O
loan	O
him	O
any	O
money	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
novel	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
adolescent	O
's	O
book	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
was	O
to	O
effect	O
the	O
35-year-old	O
Gibson	O
's	O
emergence	O
from	O
obscurity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
was	O
published	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Voyager	O
Company	O
's	O
Expanded	O
Books	O
series	O
of	O
hypertext-annotated	O
HyperCard	B-Application
stacks	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	O
(	O
especially	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
—	O
also	O
titled	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
—	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Interplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
DOS-based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BBC	O
World	O
Service	O
Drama	O
production	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
aired	O
in	O
two	O
one-hour	O
parts	O
,	O
on	O
8	O
and	O
15	O
September	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dramatised	O
by	O
Mike	O
Walker	O
,	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Andy	O
Jordan	O
,	O
it	O
starred	O
Owen	O
McCarthy	O
as	O
Case	O
,	O
Nicola	O
Walker	O
as	O
Molly	O
,	O
James	O
Laurenson	O
as	O
Armitage	O
,	O
John	O
Shrapnel	O
as	O
Wintermute	B-Application
,	O
Colin	O
Stinton	O
as	O
Dixie	O
,	O
David	O
Webber	O
as	O
Maelcum	O
,	O
David	O
Holt	O
as	O
Riviera	O
,	O
Peter	O
Marinker	O
as	O
Ashpool	O
,	O
and	O
Andrew	O
Scott	O
as	O
The	O
Finn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Finland	O
,	O
Yle	O
Radioteatteri	O
produced	O
a	O
4-part	O
radio	O
play	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gibson	O
read	O
an	O
abridged	O
version	O
of	O
his	O
novel	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
on	O
four	O
audio	O
cassettes	O
for	O
Time	O
Warner	O
Audio	O
Books	O
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
now	O
unavailable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Audible	B-Application
released	O
an	O
unabridged	O
recording	O
,	O
read	O
by	O
Jason	O
Flemyng	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuromancer	B-Device
the	O
Opera	O
is	O
an	O
adaptation	O
written	O
by	O
Jayne	O
Wenger	O
and	O
Marc	O
Lowenstein	O
(	O
libretto	O
)	O
and	O
Richard	O
Marriott	O
of	O
the	O
Club	O
Foot	O
Orchestra	O
(	O
music	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
proposed	O
film	O
adaptations	O
of	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
with	O
drafts	O
of	O
scripts	O
written	O
by	O
British	O
director	O
Chris	O
Cunningham	O
and	O
Chuck	O
Russell	O
,	O
with	O
Aphex	O
Twin	O
providing	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
Seven	O
Arts	O
and	O
GFM	O
Films	O
would	O
be	O
merging	O
their	O
distribution	O
operations	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
joint	O
venture	O
would	O
be	O
purchasing	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
under	O
Vincenzo	O
Natali	O
's	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
Apple	O
TV+	O
released	O
ads	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
that	O
is	O
beginning	O
production	O
in	O
Summer	O
of	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
