William Gibson's novels and stories have had a profound influence on the rise and development of the internet and the world wide web.

Some fans who set up or own parts of that infrastructure have paid homage by naming some of their computers or internet domain names, after popular characters from William Gibson's novels and stories.

Not all of these internet connected computers are active websites anymore, or they are names of mail servers etc.

Here are a few for your amusement and wonder, please feel free to add to the list:

Neuromancer seems popular:

neuromancer.dune.net
www.neuromancer.moddb.com
neuromancer.bestarnow.com
neuromancer-ai.newgrounds.com
neuromancer.newsvine.com
neuromancer.net

neuromancer.com
dns.ideanode.com.neuromancer.com
mail2.neuromancer.com
maiil.neuromancer.com
localhost.neuromancer.com
ftp.neuromancer.com.
www.neuromancer.com.
hideo.neuromancer.com
(there is also an associated molly.ideanode.com)

neuromancer.org
neuromancer.net
neuromancer.co.uk
neuromancer.info
neuromancer.biz
neuromancer.eu

The Government of the State of Paraná in Brazil also seems to have at least one William Gibson fan:

neuromancer.missal.pr.gov.br.

Wintermute (not all of which are necessarily inspired by Neuromancer):

wintermute.toyota.com
wintermute.jesus.cam.ac.uk
www.wintermute.it
www.wintermute.nl
wintermute.com.au
www.wintermute.org
wintermute.de
wintermute.linguistics.ucla.edu
wintermute.vox.com
wintermute.bravehost.com
wintermute.fotopic.net


MegaCorps:

www.maasbiolab.com
www.maasbiolab.org
(a real life bio genetic pharmaceutical company,

quote:

"Maas Biolab is a neuropharmaceutical company developing a treatment- the use of cyclosporins as neuro-protectants- for chronic neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's. "

really in an Arcology on a mesa in New Mexico

quote:

"Maas Biolab is located in the Technology Ventures Corporation High Technology Incubator in Albuquerque, NM."

maasbiolab.net

www.maasbiolabs.com
www.maasbiolabs.net
www.maasbiolabs.org

maas-biolabs.net
maas-biolabs.com


Maas Biolabs' rivals Hosaka also seem to in cyberspace (although these may be just be conicendal)

hosaka.co.jp
hosaka.com
hosaka.org
hosaka.net
hosaka.info

Tessier-Ashpool seems quite popular:

tessierashpool.com
www.tessier-ashpool.com
tessier-ashpool.tk
www.tessier-ashpool.co.uk
tessierashpool.org
tessier-ashpool.org
tessier-ashpool.stumbleupon.com
www.tessierashpool-net.com
tessierashpool.net
www.tessier-ashpool.fr
tessier.blogspot.com
www.tessier-ashpool.eu

Josef Virek is not as much of an influence as he should be:

virek.com

www.virek.org
the Virek Institute is a private sector geological research organisation)

virek.eu

Artificial Intelligences ?

turinginstitute.com
turingregistry.com

(aaargh !! - even turning off "Graemlin Conversions" does not seem to stop the forum software from automatically making URL links where none were intended)

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Memetic Engineer,

I have a WINTERMUTE and a NEUROMANCER where I work. Badass-est systems in the datacenter.

# ssh root@neuromancer
Password:

When I get around to naming a computer in Gibsonian reference, it will have to be Boomzilla.

There is The Gibson mainframe in Hackers y'all didn't mention.

When I get around to naming a computer I will have lost my shit.

Once my Neuromancer game gets a bit more established I'll make a more official URL.

Thanks for the linkage though

I had an old email address called Warbaby, does that count?

Will.

Gernsback