When William Gibson completed

Neuromancer

(1984), he never thought of writing a second novel set in the same technologically-enhanced world. However, the great success of

Neuromancer

convinced the now popular Gibson to undertake this new challenge. In

Count Zero

,

which was published in 1986, Gibson not only tries out new narrative practices, but also finds creative ground for elaboration on ideas that he had introduced in his first book: the fusion of technology and the body.

With the action again set in the world of “the Sprawl”, seven years after the events of Neuromancer, Gibson explores the lives and destinies of three main characters: Turner, whose mission for the Hosaka Corporation is to help Christopher Mitchell defect from their rivals Maas Biolabs; Marly Krushkhova, who is

1068 words

Citation: Rapatzikou, Tatiani. "Count Zero". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 March 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10550, accessed 19 March 2024.]

10550 Count Zero 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.