“So it's entirely fair to say, and I've said it before, that the way Neuromancer-the-novel "looks" was influenced in large part by some of the artwork I saw in 'Heavy Metal'. I assume that this must also be true of John Carpenter's 'Escape from New York', Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner'", and all other artefacts of the style sometimes dubbed 'cyberpunk.'”

— William Gibson , book Neuromancer

Those French guys, they got their end in early.
William Gibson http://brmovie.com/FAQs/BR_FAQ_BR_Influence.htm
Neuromancer (1984), About Neuromancer

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