William Gibson
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born
March 17, 1948
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Conway, South Carolina, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
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William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, having coined the term cyberspace in 1982 and popularizing it in his first novel, Neuromancer (1984), which has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide.
While his early writing took the form of short stories, later Gibson has written nine critically acclaimed novels (one in collaboration), contributed articles to several major publications, and has collaborated extensively with performance artists, filmmakers and musicians. His thought has been cited as an influenc...more
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While I write this book.
Meanwhile, however, try this:
@GreatDismal
I really do find microblogging congenial (not to mention collegial) and most of what I was doing here, before, was exactly that.
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Meanwhile, however, try this:
@GreatDismal
I really do find microblogging congenial (not to mention collegial) and most of what I was doing here, before, was exactly that.
...more
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Neuromancer by William Gibson avg rating 3.77 — 19,877 ratings — published 1984 45 editions |
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Pattern Recognition by William Gibson avg rating 3.84 — 4,920 ratings — published 2002 24 editions |
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Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson avg rating 3.78 — 3,506 ratings — published 1988 16 editions |
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Count Zero by William Gibson avg rating 3.81 — 3,289 ratings — published 1986 14 editions |
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Idoru by William Gibson avg rating 3.58 — 3,162 ratings — published 1996 25 editions |
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Burning Chrome by William Gibson avg rating 3.87 — 2,700 ratings — published 1986 19 editions |
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Spook Country by William Gibson avg rating 3.49 — 2,587 ratings — published 2007 15 editions |
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All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson avg rating 3.70 — 2,122 ratings — published 1999 14 editions |
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Virtual Light by William Gibson avg rating 3.65 — 2,074 ratings — published 1993 19 editions |
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The Difference Engine by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling avg rating 3.31 — 1,891 ratings — published 1990 11 editions |
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