History Literature / SprawlTrilogy

* PyrrhicVictory: Deke from Dogfight forces Nance to give him the dose of Hype she was holding for her exam by intentionally invoking her panic-inducing neural block. Then he loses the crowd while competing against Tiny Montgomery and it's only when he is savoring his victory afterwards that he realizes he has nobody left to celebrate with.

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%%* MindRape

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Each book stands alone, more or less, though there is a distinct overlap in characters and all three share the same setting -- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Sprawl]]. Which is the nickname for the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, a massive city state on the East Coast of the United States. As is to be expected in 80s {{cyberpunk}}, the Sprawl (and, for that matter, Gibson's entire world) is decidedly [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] in feel. They're set in a world of BlackAndGrayMorality, after the Soviet collapse, but were published in a time when that was considered quite revolutionary.

Each book stands alone, more or less, though there is a distinct overlap in characters and all three share the same setting- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Sprawl]]. Which is the nickname for the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, a massive city state on the East Coast of the United States. As is to be expected in 80s {{cyberpunk}}, the Sprawl (and, for that matter, Gibson's entire world) is decidedly [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] in feel. They're set in a world of BlackAndGrayMorality, after the Soviet collapse, but were published in a time when that was considered quite revolutionary.

Each book stands alone, more or less, though there is a distinct overlap in characters and all three share the same setting- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Sprawl]]. Which is the nickname for the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, a massive city state on the East Coast of the United States. As is to be expected in 80s {{cyberpunk}}, the Sprawl (and, for that matter, Gibson's entire world) is decidedly [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] in feel. They're set in a world of BlackAndGrayMorality, after the TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, but were published in a time when that was considered quite revolutionary.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: By means of economic collapse. Centered around Operation Screaming Fist, where a group of U.S. spec-ops squads tried to hack a key Soviet system with experimental software. They failed, and started a war that lasted all of nine days. The Soviet Union is still up and running while America exists in name only, and mostly as a collection of city-states (for example, the Sprawl itself is an amalgamation of all the cities from Boston to Atlanta).

* IndustrialGhetto: The Sprawl itself, officially known as Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, a massive city on the east coast, running as far north as Boston, and as far south as Atlanta.

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Each book stands alone, more or less, though there is a distinct overlap in characters and all three share the same setting- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Sprawl]]. Which is nickname for the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, a massive city state on the East Coast of the United States. As is to be expected in 80s {{cyberpunk}}, the Sprawl (and, for that matter, Gibson's entire world) is decidedly [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] in feel. They're set in a world of BlackAndGrayMorality, after the TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, but were published in a time when that was considered quite revolutionary.

* CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain" The infamous opening line to ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}''.

* ActionGirlfriend: Molly is an ActionGirl who has a very casual sexual relationship with Case in ''Neuromancer'' and also relates how she became Johnny's girlfriend after the events of "Johnny Mneumonic."