Gibson's novels are full of stereotypes, particularly ones that seem like they stepped out of a Noir or hardboiled detective novel, such as his assassins, merce

Gibson's novels are full of stereotypes, particularly ones that seem like they stepped out of a Noir or hardboiled detective novel, such as his assassins, mercenaries, corporate execs, crime bosses, and an assortment of street life. But it's too harsh to say every character is a stereotype or that none of his characters were ever human. Take one of the protagonists of Count Zero, Marly Krushkhova, "the disgraced former operator of a tiny Paris gallery", who hunts down the maker of the Joseph Cornell-like boxes. She's completely human, and I can't think of any stereotype she would fit in to.