The sprawl trilogy also known as the neuromancer cyberspace or matrix trilogy is william gibsons first set of novels composed of neuromancer 1984 count zero 1986 and mona lisa overdrive 1988 the novels are all set in the same fictional future and are subtly interlinked by shared characters and themes which are not always readily apparent the sprawl trilogy shares this . Every time i re read the sprawl trilogy i speed through neuromancer and when i get to it mona lisa overdrive but count zero usually holds me up for a month at least this time it held me up for about five months granted ive been busy with various personal projects work and wasting time online whatever gibson is one of my all time favorite writers i worship the keys he types . Sprawl trilogy by william gibson is the first of its kind a cyberpunk genre trilogy the books were released about two years after another in which neuromancer count zero and mona lisa overdrive were released in 1984 in 1986 and in 1988 respectively