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William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.
William Gibson is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Zero History, Distrust That Particular Flavor, and The Peripheral.
William Gibson, American Canadian writer of science fiction who was a leader of the genre’s cyberpunk movement. His notable books included his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984), which won numerous awards, including a Nebula and a Hugo.
The works of William Gibson encompass literature, journalism, acting, recitation, and performance art. Primarily renowned as a novelist and short fiction writer in the cyberpunk milieu, Gibson invented the metaphor of cyberspace in " Burning Chrome " (1982) and emerged from obscurity in 1984 with the publication of his debut novel Neuromancer.
Jan 24, 2012 · William Gibson famously coined the term "cyberspace," and gave us a singular vision of the future in early cyberpunk novels Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive.
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 popularized it in his first novel, Neuromancer (1984), which has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide.
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.
Nov 25, 2023 · Born on March 17, 1948, in Conway, South Carolina, William Ford Gibson emerged as a formidable figure in the world of speculative fiction. Raised in Wytheville, Virginia, he grew up amidst the cultural upheavals of the 1960s and the advent of the digital age.
Sep 13, 2012 · William Gibson, one of science fiction's most visionary and distinctive voices, maintains that he and his fellow writers don't possess some mystical ability to peer into the...
Dec 9, 2019 · How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real Midway through his career, the inventor of “cyberspace” turned his attention to a strange new world: the present. By Joshua Rothman
