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William Gibson

William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). In envisaging cyberspace, Gibson created an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. He is also credited with predicting the rise of reality television and with establishing the conceptual foundations for the rapid growth of virtual environments such as video games and the Web. (Source)

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American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

Born 17 March 1948

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American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

Born 17 March 1948

Subjects

Fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, American literature, New York Times reviewed, Cyberspace, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Large type books, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Virtual reality, American Science fiction, Blue Ant Trilogy, Bridge Trilogy, Business intelligence, Literature, New York Times bestseller, Novela, Sprawl Trilogy, Twenty-first century, California, fiction, Computers, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Fiction, general

Places

London, London (England), England, Japan, Tokyo (Japan), BAMA, Boston Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, California, Chiba, Chiba City, Cyberspace, Earth Orbit, Freeside, Istanbul, San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), Tokyo

People

Molly Millions, Ada Byron, Armitage, Berry Rydell, Case, Charles Babbage, Charles Babbage (1791-1871), Henry Dorset Case, Laurence Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888)

Time

19th century, 20th century, Future, The not so distant future, and a little to the left.

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Alternative names

  • William F. Gibson
  • Уильям Гибсон
  • Gibson, William, 1948-....
  • Gibson, William, 1948-
  • Gibson, William
  • Гибсон, У. Ф. писатель-фантаст 1948- Уильям Форд
  • גיבסון, וילים, 1948-
  • William Ford Gibson
  • Gibson, William (American writer, born 1948)
  • Gibson, William Mr
  • William Ford Gibson III
  • 威廉·吉布森
  • 威廉·福特·吉布森
  • ويليام جيبسون
  • Uilyam Gibson
  • Ўільям Гібсан
  • Уилям Гибсън
  • উইলিয়াম গিবসন
  • Γουίλιαμ Γκίμπσον
  • ויליאם גיבסון
  • Ուիլյամ Ֆորդ Գիբսոն
  • ウィリアム・ギブスン
  • 윌리엄 깁슨
  • 윌리엄 포드 깁슨
  • უილიამ გიბსონი
  • വില്യം ഫോർഡ് ഗിബ്സൺ
  • Вильям Гибсон
  • Vilijam Gibson
  • Vilijam Ford Gibson

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April 5, 2025 Edited by laurenbr1 more ids and akas, links
January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
December 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Split AKAs
October 30, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import