“Cyberspace” coined: Neuromancer published in October 1984

According to Vice, this month marks the anniversary of William Gibson’s coining of the term “cyberspace” in his cult classic book Neuromancer.  Released in 1984, his book was written during a period in which computers were not yet affordable or useful for the mainstream.

Gibson envisioned a world in which hackers run rampant through a digital world offering visual hallucinations and a connected society that has only recently emerged in the real world.  To a young generation of computer fanatics, he has been considered a prophet for his work.