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The aim of this paper is to illuminate the ideological and sociocultural aspects of William Gibson’s Neuromancer (1984). The novel is traditionally known for its pioneering fictionalization of the concept of cyberspace. Instead of this, this essay tries to discuss Gibson’s presentation of holograms. Holograms have been appropriated by the author in almost all of his literary works. However, only a little scholarly attention has been paid to the topic. Inviting due attention to the technology, this article analyzes the operational mode of holography and tries to apply it to the reading of the novel. In Neuromancer, holography does not merely serve as technology that produces visual fantasies. More than that, holograms are used as densely value laden metaphor that alludes to the exploitative relationship formulated and enforced by the social hierarchy. In the society dominated by the hyperreal images, what is actually exploited is the body. In this situation, what Gibson emphasizes is a sense of sympathetic rage felt by his characters. This sentiment is presented as the only left source that one can rely on to revitalize the body.
