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William Gibson
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) 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 ...
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, notable for being the most famous early cyberpunk novel and winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's first novel and...
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- 1984 ,
- Jul 1984
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- Jul 1, 1984
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- 1475
The Difference Engine
The Difference Engine is an alternate history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is a prime example of the steampunk sub-genre.
It posits a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred after...
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- 1991 ,
- 1990
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- Sep 1990
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- 2110
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Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition is a novel by science fiction writer William Gibson published in 2003. Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols...
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- Feb 2003
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- Feb 3, 2003
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- 23596
Count Zero
Count Zero is a science fiction novel written by William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It is the middle volume of the Sprawl trilogy, which includes Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive, and is a prime example of the cyberpunk...
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- 1986
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- 2195
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Mona Lisa Overdrive is a cyberpunk novel by William Gibson published in 1988 and the final novel of the Sprawl trilogy, following Neuromancer and Count Zero. It takes place eight years after the events of Count Zero and is set, as were its...
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- Nov 1988
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- 1988
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- 1505
New Rose Hotel
"New Rose Hotel" is a short story by William Gibson, first published in 1981 in Omni and later included in his 1986 collection Burning Chrome. Set in the near future, the story provides the reader with a glimpse into the niche criminal market of...
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- 1981
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Burning Chrome
"Burning Chrome" is a short story, written by William Gibson and first published in Omni in July 1982. Gibson first read the story at a science fiction convention in Denver, Colorado in the autumn of 1981, to an audience of four people, among them...
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- 1986
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- 36850
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Johnny Mnemonic
"Johnny Mnemonic" is a short story by William Gibson, and the inspiration behind the film of the same name. The short story first appeared in Omni magazine in 1981, and was subsequently included in 1986's Burning Chrome, a collection of Gibson's...
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The Belonging Kind
The Belonging Kind is a science fiction short story; a collaboration between noted cyberpunk authors William Gibson and John Shirley. It was first published in the horror anthology Shadows 4 in 1981, later to be included along with several other...
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- 1981
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Fragments of a Hologram Rose
"Fragments of a Hologram Rose" is a science fiction short story by William Gibson. It was Gibson's first published work, originally appearing in 1977 in Unearth 3, a short-lived science fiction collection magazine which retailed for $1.00; Gibson...
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- 1977
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Skinners Room
"Skinner's Room" is a short story by William Gibson originally composed for Visionary San Francisco, a 1990 museum exhibition exploring the future of San Francisco. It features the first appearance in Gibson's fiction of "the Bridge", which Gibson...
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- Nov 1991
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All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties is the final novel in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Like its predecessors, All Tomorrow's Parties is a speculative fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, postcyberpunk future. The novel borrows its title from that of...
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- Oct 7, 1999
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- Oct 7, 1999
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- 19970
Hinterlands
"Hinterlands" is a science fiction short story written by William Gibson in 1981 and published in his short fiction collection Burning Chrome in 1986. The story is a fable about the 'cargo cult' mentality. "Hinterlands" explores the consequences for...
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- 1986
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Agrippa
Agrippa (a book of the dead) is a work of art created by speculative fiction novelist William Gibson, artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr. in 1992. The work consists of a 300-line semi-autobiographical electronic poem by Gibson,...
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The Winter Market
"The Winter Market" is a science fiction short story written by William Gibson, and published as part of his Burning Chrome short story collection. "The Winter Market" was commissioned by Vancouver Magazine with the stipulation that it be set in the...
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- Apr 1986
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The Gernsback Continuum
"The Gernsback Continuum" is a short story by William Gibson about a photographer who has been given the assignment of photographing old, futuristic architecture. This architecture, although largely forgotten at the time of the story, embodied for...
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- 1981
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Spook Country
Spook Country is a 2007 novel by William Gibson.
Gibson announced the book on October 6, 2006 on his blog, where fragments of the novel were posted non-sequentially for some time, leading to much speculation on the content and plot of the novel....
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- Aug 2, 2007
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- Aug 2, 2007
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- 389291
Red Star, Winter Orbit
"Red Star, Winter Orbit" is a short story written by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling in the 1980's. It was first published in Omni in July 1983, and later collected in Burning Chrome, a 1986 anthology of Gibson's early short fiction. The story is...
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Virtual Light
Virtual Light is the first book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Virtual Light is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. The term 'Virtual Light' was coined by scientist Stephen Beck to describe a form of...
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- Oct 6, 1994
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Idoru
Idoru is the second book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. Idoru is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. The main character, Colin Laney, has a talent for identifying nodal points, analogous to Gibson's own:...
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- 1996
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- Sep 4, 1997
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- 5717
Burning Chrome
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Gravé sur chrome
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Jeff de Boer
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Baseball Wit/Game
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Cyberspace
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Ray Gun
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The Year of Grace
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Conde Cero
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Golda
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OP Idoru
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Enlightenment Prelate
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Mundo Espejo
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Yellowstone Teton Wit
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Deux sur la balançoire
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America's Wit
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Kingsley
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Comte zéro
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Futurematic
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Virtuelles Licht
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Luce Virtuale
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Lumière virtuelle
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