William Gibson‘s dystopian science fiction novel Neuromancer was, in an odd irony, released in 1984. His vision of a near future with ubiquitous computer use, environmental damage, resource scarcity, corporate manipulation of corrupt governments and mass poverty and disenfranchisement was on the crest of a wave of science fiction that would come to be called cyberpunk. In many ways the new genre was a crystallising of the fears and anxieties of the time. Technology and industry were moving at an ever increasing pace and the possibilities, good and bad were fertile ground for speculation. Many authors contributed to the burgeoning sub-genre. People like Pat Cadigan, Bruce Sterling, Walter Jon Williams, Rudy Rucker, Jeff Noon and Neal Stephenson all added their own unique interpretations of the near future. Nevertheless, for many readers the first name that springs to mind when anyone mentions cyberpunk is William Gibson. Between 1984 and 1988 he wrote three linked novels, Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive as well as a short story collection, Burning Chrome. While Neuromancer has been pretty consistently available, getting copies of the others particularly Burning Chrome has been more difficult and matching editions impossible. That changes this month with Gollancz, who recently acquired the rights to all four books, releasing all of them in brand new editions. They may be thirty years old, but they’re still important books and great science fiction, even if things didn’t turn out quite the way they thought.