Created by William Gibson (1948--) "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." And with that straight-outta-Chandler opening, William Gibson's genre-bending science fiction classic Neuromancer (1984) began. Not that Raymond Chandler is the only inspiration for what many consider the one of the very first and finest examples … Continue reading Henry Dorsett Case (Neuromancer)
Tag: Hacker Detective
C.T. Ferguson
Created by Tom Fowler I'm generally not a big fan of these "instant series," where self-publishers dump a quickly written series of books on us from out of nowhere--there's no way all these guys (and they are legion) all have a stack of old manuscripts mouldering away in a box somewhere that they've accumulated over … Continue reading C.T. Ferguson
Jarek Grayson
Created by Boyd Craven III Naturally, once any apparent hole in a genre opens in the Amazon digital landscape, some instant-indie writers rush in, attracted by the scent of potentially easy money. Author Boyd Craven (the third, no less!) tries to ingratiate himself with his hacker sleuth JAREK GRAYSON, "a different sort of private investigator. One with a … Continue reading Jarek Grayson
Cyber Eyes
Hacking Gumshoes Case by William Gibson First appearance: Neuromancer (1984) Not quite a PI, although in this highly influential, head spinning sci-fi novel, this circling-the-drain hacker is hired to track down (and later help steal) a certain item. It's an offer he can't afford to refuse. Kidd by John Camp First appearance: The Fool's Run … Continue reading Cyber Eyes
Kidd
Created by John Camp Pseudonyms include John Sandford I always thought the KIDD series was unjustly neglected. A unique creation, particularly for its time (the late 1980s), he was a sort of high-tech scam artist/computer whiz/Travis McGee type with a very stretchy set of ethics and one cracker of a hacker who would — for … Continue reading Kidd
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Created by Chan Ho-Kei When her fifteen-year-old kid sister, schoolgirl Siu-Man, takes a header off the twenty-second floor of her Hong Kong apartment building, older sis and librarian Nga-Yee has nobody to turn to--her parents are dead, and the police have ruled it suicide. So she contacts the eccentric, enigmatic hacker and cybersecurity expert known only … Continue reading N
Lisbeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist
Created by Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) "People always have secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are." -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Renegade computer hackerLISBETH SALANDER and journalist MIKAEL BLOMKVIST are the mismatched detective duo who appear in a series of internationally acclaimed, posthumously published thrillers by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. … Continue reading Lisbeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist