Plot Īs with later Gibson works, there are multiple story-line threads that eventually intertwine: The term, however, is not generally understood. The exact quote is "On receiving an interrupt, decrement the counter to zero." The 1982 edition of the alleged first computer dictionary, written by Charles Sippl, father of Roger Sippl, defines a count zero interrupt as "An interrupt level that is triggered when an associated (clock) counter pulse interrupt has produced a zero result in a clock counter". According to a front leaf of the book, in a "count zero interrupt", an interrupt of a process decrements a counter to zero. The title of the book, other than being the pseudonym of the main character Bobby Newmark, was also claimed by Gibson to be a word-play on the computer programming term count zero interrupt.
Two powerful multinational corporations, Maas Biolabs and Hosaka, are engaged in a battle for control over a powerful new technology (a biochip), using hackers and the Matrix as well as espionage and violence.Įxplanation of the novel's title Seven years after the events of Neuromancer, strange things begin to happen in the Matrix, leading to the proliferation of what appear to be voodoo gods (hinted to be the fractured remains of the joined AIs that were Neuromancer and Wintermute). The magazine version was edited to contain less swearing and sexual content.
The January cover is devoted to the story, with art by Hisaki Yasuda. It is the second volume of the Sprawl trilogy, which begins with Neuromancer and concludes with Mona Lisa Overdrive, and is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre.Ĭount Zero was serialized by Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in the 1986 January (100th issue), February and March issues, accompanied by black and white art produced by J.
Count Zero is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986.
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