William Gibson. Neuromancer








THE CRITICS RAVE ABOUT NEUROMANCER. . .
"Neuromancer is freshly imagined, compellingly detailed and chiling..."
- The New York Times
"UNFORGETTABLE. . . The richness of Gibson's world is incredible!"
- Chicago Sun-Times
"SUPERB! Gibson has created a rich, detailed, and vivid near future, populated with uncomfortably realistic characters . . . an amazingly comples novel . . . Some will enjoy it as a fast-paced, exciting adventure; others will claim it's actually a very subtle, clever mystery; still others will see it as a thought-provoking social discourse. . . Neuromancer IS A MAJOR NOVEL, difficult to compare with other works for the simple reason that it really is new, and different . . . HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!"
- Fantasy Review
"A flashy tour of a remarkably well-visualized future. . . Gibson manufactures wild details with a virtuoso's glee. . . an impressive new voice!"
- Newsday

Neuromancer

William Gibson


This book was first published as an Ace Science Fiction original edition. The first through third printings were as as an Ace Science Fiction Special, edited by Terry Carr. A limited hardcover edition was published by Phantasia Press in the Spring of 1986.

NEUROMANCER

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


Dedication: for Deb
who made it possible
with love


* PART ONE. CHIBA CITY BLUES


1

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
"It's not like I'm using," Case heard someone say, as he shouldered his way through the crowd around the door of the Chat. "It's like my body's developed this massive drug deficiency." It was a Sprawl voice and a Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for professional expatriates; you could drink there for a week and never hear two words in Japanese.
Ratz was tending bar, his prosthetic arm jerking monotonously as he filled a tray of glasses with draft Kirin. He saw Case and smiled, his teeth a web work of East European steel and brown decay. Case found a place at the bar, between the unlikely tan on one of Lonny Zone's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and the crisp naval uniform of a tall African whose cheekbones were ridged with precise rows of tribal scars. "Wage was in here early, with two Joe boys," Ratz said, shoving a draft across the bar with his good hand. "Maybe some business with you, Case?"
Case shrugged.

1 Log In Session

1.1 Log In

Enter username at login: prompt. Be carefull - Unix is case sensitive.
Enter password at password: prompt.

1.2 Change Password

passwd

1.3 Log Out

logout or exit

2 File System

2.1 Create a File

cat > file Enter text and end with ctrl-D
vi file Edit file using the vi editor

2.2 Make a Directory

mkdir directory-name

5.2 Rehash message
Command: REHASH
Parameters: None

The rehash message can be used by the operator to force the server to re-read and process its configuration file.

Numeric Replies:
RPL_REHASHING ERR_NOPRIVILEGES

Examples:

REHASH ; message from client with operator
status to server asking it to reread its
configuration file.