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William F. 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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Born 17 March 1948

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Born 17 March 1948
Subjects
Fiction, Science fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, American literature, Cyberspace, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, New York Times reviewed, Sprawl Trilogy, Twenty-first century, Virtual reality, 813/.54, American Science fiction, American Short stories, Blue Ant Trilogy, Bridge Trilogy, Business intelligence, Business intelligence--fiction, California, California, fiction, Canadian Science fiction, Canadian Short stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian fiction (English)
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BAMA, Boston Atlanta Metropolitan Axis, California, Chiba, Chiba City, Earth Orbit, Freeside, Istanbul, Japan, London (England), Tokyo (Japan)
People
Molly Millions, Armitage, Case, Henry Dorset Case
Time
The not so distant future, and a little to the left.

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December 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Split AKAs
October 30, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
October 30, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
October 27, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa cleaned pseudonyms, added identifier
October 27, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors