8vo. [8], 278 pp. Half-gray over bray boards, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. (slight age toning), F/F copy. First edition of this 2nd title in the groundbreaking Sprawl Trilogy which launched the cyberpunk genre, and was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards -- considered to be better than Neuromancer.

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Title

Count zero.

Publisher

Arbor House, [1986]., New York:

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

087795769X

ISBN 13

9780877957690

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Science Fiction

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Synopsis

In the future world of the Sprawl, an urban complex that extends from Boston to Houston, a sentient computer data base known as the Cyberspace matrix dominates humanity's fate

Review

"Potent and heady." --Philadelphia Daily News
"An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind." --Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel's stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism." --Fantasy Review
"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry." --Bruce Sterling
"Suspense, action...a lively story...a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World." --Locus
"Potent and heady." --Philadelphia Daily News

"An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel's stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism." --Fantasy Review

"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry." --Bruce Sterling

"Suspense, action...a lively story...a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World." --Locus

Potent and heady. Philadelphia Daily News

An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel s stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism. Fantasy Review

William Gibson s prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry. Bruce Sterling

Suspense, action a lively story a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World. Locus"

Potent and heady. Philadelphia Daily News

An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel s stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism. Fantasy Review

William Gibson s prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry. Bruce Sterling

Suspense, action a lively story a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World. Locus

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"Potent and heady." --Philadelphia Daily News

"An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel's stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism." --Fantasy Review

"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry." --Bruce Sterling

"Suspense, action...a lively story...a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World." --Locus

"Potent and heady."--Philadelphia Daily News
"An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel's stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism."--Fantasy Review
"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry."--Bruce Sterling
"Suspense, action...a lively story...a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World."--Locus

"Potent and heady."--Philadelphia Daily News
"An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel's stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism."--Fantasy Review
"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry."--Bruce Sterling

"Suspense, action...a lively story...a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World."--Locus

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