William Gibson

Popular American-Canadian Speculative Fiction Novelist

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William Gibson Biography

William Gibson is called "the father of Cyberpunk" by some, and is trashed as a poser by others. But one thing is clear. His book "Neuromancer" (1984), which won the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards that year, was the Christ-child of cyberpunk, whose road to superstardom was paved by the John the Baptist figures of Samuel Delaney, Roger Zelanzy, Philip K. Dick, and James Triptree, Jr. The books that followed in the "Sprawl" trilogy; "Count Zero" and "Mona Lisa Overdrive," created the seminal canon of cyberpunk that has inspired both a new generation of cyberpunk authors as well as cheap, stale cyberpunk knock-offs. So whether you are of the opinion that Gibson is a genius or a poser, there is no denying that he changed the direction of Science Fiction in the last decade.

And not only is Gibson a trendsetter in fiction, he has also spoken out on many technological issues that face society today, including the use of the Internet for educational purposes. But on the flip side, he is adamant about abstaining from use of the Internet himself. He has said "I'm not a techie. I don't know how these things work. But I like what they do, and the new human processes that they generate." And in a sense, we are living Gibson's cyberpunk here and now, and it is not hard to imagine that is what our future will be like. He has denied that, however, saying, "People shouldn't look at science fiction like they look at "real" fiction. They shouldn't expect that this is what the future is going to look like. [Science fiction authors] are sort of charlatans; we come up with a few ideas and we make a living off of that."

William Gibson Videos

  • William Gibson - Music and the New Digital Approach - YouTube
    William Gibson says a big part of the secret for him of what he does is that he doesn't know what's going to happen.
  • William Gibson on The Past, Present & Future of Sci-Fi - YouTube
  • William Gibson: The Decline of "Cyberspace" - YouTube

William Gibson Books

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    The Peripheral

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