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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.
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.
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. Learn more about Gibson’s life and work.
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.
Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. [1]
Jan 1, 2001 · William Gibson. 3.89. 332,061 ratings14,565 reviews. Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.
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. In the three...
Dec 9, 2019 · December 9, 2019. Instead of fantasizing about future worlds, Gibson sets his novels in the ongoing, alarming realm of the present. Photograph by Benoit Paillé for The New Yorker....
Feb 13, 2020 · Gibson first won international acclaim in 1984 with the publication of his debut novel Neuromancer, a futuristic fiction of “low-life and high-tech” that introduced readers to the...
Dec 17, 2020 · William Gibson was born on March 17, 1948 and is widely regarded as a visionary when it comes to depicting the future in fiction. The American-Canadian sci-fi writer, who turned 74 in 2022, is...
