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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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  • Cover of: Neuromancer

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  • Cover of: Count Zero

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  • Cover of: Mona Lisa Overdrive

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  • Cover of: The Difference Engine

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  • Cover of: Virtual light

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  • Cover of: Pattern Recognition

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  • Cover of: Burning Chrome: and Other Stories

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  • Cover of: All Tomorrow's Parties

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  • Cover of: Spook country

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  • Cover of: The Peripheral

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  • Cover of: Zero History

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  • Cover of: Conde Cero nº 02/03 Trilogía de Sprawl

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  • Cover of: Agency

    First published in 2020 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Distrust That Particular Flavor

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  • Cover of: Alien sex: 19 tales by the masters of science fiction and dark fantasy

    First published in 1990 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Masterpieces: the best science fiction of the century

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  • Cover of: Johnny Mnemonic: The Screenplay and the Story

    First published in 1995 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Trilogia dello Sprawl: Neuromante-Giù nel cyberspazio-Monna Lisa cyberpunk

    First published in 2000 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Darwin's Bastards: Astounding Tales From Tomorrow

    First published in 2010 — 3 editions
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American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

Born 17 March 1948

Subjects

Fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction, 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, Blue Ant Trilogy, Bridge Trilogy, Business intelligence, Literature, New York Times bestseller, Novela, Sprawl Trilogy, Twenty-first century, California, fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Fiction, general, Fiction, technological

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

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  • William F. Gibson
  • William Ford Gibson
  • Уильям Гибсон

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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
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import