They crippled his nervous system and essentially banished him from practising his illegal career. Case was the best of the best, capable of navigating cyberspace like few others could ever dream… until a job led him to crossing the wrong people. This new world turns out to be a ripe breeding ground for a new type of criminal: the data-thief. The story which essentially kick-started the genre begins by presenting a vision of the future which we’re already familiar with to an extent: a world dominated by the digital world and the rapid development of new technologies, including artificial intelligence. The cyberpunk genre, most notably, has spread through all facets of the modern entertainment industry, but it can trace its roots all the way back to 1984, when William Gibson published Neuromancer, the first entry in the Sprawl Trilogy. The alarmingly growing rate of technological development has invariably popularized fiction which touches on the topic of the dark alleyways it could lead humanity down.
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