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==Impact and reception==
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In this and his earlier [[Neuromancer]] work, Gibson—while not creating, naming, or (per [[Jack Womack]]) much wishing to be associated with the term—nevertheless became associated with the [[cyberpunk]] moniker subgenre of [[science fiction]]; more importantly, he is considered to have first envisioned and described the concept of "[[cyberspace]]".<ref name = OEDcyberspace>{{cite web | author = OED Staff | date = 8 August 2024 | title = Cyberspace (Etymology) | work = [[OED.com]] | url = https://www.oed.com/dictionary/cyberspace_n?tl=true&tab=etymology | access-date = 8 August 2024 | quote = Apparently coined by William Gibson (see quot. 1982). }}</ref><ref name = GibsonDavisWomack_unabridgedaudio_afterward>{{cite AV media |people= Gibson, William (author); Dean, Robertson (narrator); [[Jack Womack|Womack, Jack]] (afterword) | date= June 30, 2011 | orig-date = July 1984 | title= Neuromancer |trans-title= |type=  |language=  |url= https://www.amazon.com/Neuromancer-William-Gibson-audiobook/dp/B0058R83CW/ |access-date= 8 August 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= unabridged audiobook, in streaming format, in U.S. English |time= 22:35-22:13 mins. remaining |location= New York, NY  |publisher= Penguin Random House Audio |id= |isbn= |oclc= | asin  = B0058R83CW |quote= <small>[End Credits; Afterword by Jack Womack] For if Gibson in truth had nothing to do with the making of cyberpunk, as it came to be known—he didn't create it, didn't name it, and after it  was cursed with its catchy moniker, didn't want a whole lot to do with it—in the most genuine sense, he did create ''cyberspace''. Not merely the word—see the OED—the place.</small> }}</ref> The ''Count Zero'' novel is regarded by some,{{who|date = August 2024}} as an early example of the [[cyberpunk]] subgenre.{{cn|date = August 2024}}

[[David Langford|Dave Langford]] reviewed ''Count Zero'' for ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' #76, and stated that "This may not have the impact of ''Neuromancer''{{'}}s first window on Gibson's future, but it's a far better novel."<ref name="WD76">{{cite journal  | last =Langford | first =Dave | author-link =David Langford | title =Critical Mass  | journal =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]  | issue =76  | pages =9   | publisher =[[Games Workshop]]  | date = April 1986  }}</ref> ''Count Zero'' was nominated for the [[Locus Award|Nebula]] and [[BSFA Award|British Science Fiction Awards]] in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web |last5=America |title=Count Zero |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/count-zero/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Nebula Awards® |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as the [[Hugo Award|Hugo]] and [[Locus Award|Locus]] awards in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=33 |title=Hugo Awards, 1987 |publisher=Thehugoawards.org |date=1987-09-01 |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302094259/http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=33 |archive-date=2009-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=sfadb: Locus Awards 1987 |url=https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1987 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.sfadb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Count Zero by William Gibson |url=https://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?id=199 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Worlds Without End |language=en}}</ref>