Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian author William Gibson. Set in a near-future dystopia, the narrative follows a computer hacker enlisted into a crew to complete a high-stakes heist. It was Gibson's debut novel and, following its success, served as the first entry in the Sprawl trilogy, preceding Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) Influences on the novel include the detective stories of Raymond Chandler and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch.