I had read some of Gibson's later works (Virtual Light, Idoru) and enjoyed them. He did tend to over-use jargon with lots of references to concepts snatched from the pages of Omni and Popular Science. But I knew Neuromancer had helped kick off a whole new genre of cypherpunk fiction and wanted to read the one that started it all. The protagonist, Case, earns a living in the shadows of society stealing and smuggling data for anyone willing to pay. Case is hired/blackmailed into helping steal a military grade computer virus. And of course, things get worse and he realizes far larger forces are at work. I liked the story but was unhappy with the climax. Sometimes an author can create a more powerful vision by leaving out details, allowing the user to fill in their own concepts. But I think Gibson went too far, completely skipping over the battle of self-aware computer entities that the whole book works toward. Otherwise a good story.