Lance Olsen's discerning critique was the first extended study ever published on the work of William Gibson, whose mindbending science fiction novel, Neuromancer (1984), created the subgenre of Cyberpunk, and became the first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards for best SF novel of the year. Olsen covers Gibson's major early works, including Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive. Complete with bibliography, notes, and index. Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Idaho, Lance Olsen is author of more than a dozen books of and about postmodern fiction, including _Tonguing the Zeitgeist_, 1995 Philip K. Dick Award finalist, and _Time Famine_, which _Science Fiction Chronicle_ named as one of the best novels of 1996.