William Gibson biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of William Gibson

Author Name:

William Gibson

Born As:

William Ford Gibson

Other Names:

Noir Prophet of the Cyberpunk Subgenre.

Born:

17 Mar 1948

Died:





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Selected Works:

Novels:

Sprawl trilogy:
Neuromancer - 1984
Count Zero - 1986
Mona Lisa Overdrive - 1988

The Difference Engine - 1990; with Bruce Sterling

Bridge Trilogy:
Virtual Light - 1993
Idoru - 1996
All Tomorrow's Parties - 1999

Blue Ant Trilogy:
Pattern Recognition - 2003
Spook Country - 2007
Zero History - 2010

Short Stories:

Burning Chrome - 1986, preface by Bruce Sterling, collects Gibson's early short fiction, listed by original publication date:

Fragments of a Hologram Rose - 1977, UnEarth 3
Johnny Mnemonic - 1981, Omni
The Gernsback Continuum - 1981, Universe 11
Hinterlands - 1981, Omni
New Rose Hotel - 1981, Omni
The Belonging Kind, with John Shirley - 1981, Shadows 4
Burning Chrome - 1982, Omni
Red Star, Winter Orbit, with Bruce Sterling - 1983, Omni
The Winter Market - Nov 1985, Vancouver
Dogfight, with Michael Swanwick - 1985, Omni
Skinner's Room - Nov 1991, Omni
Nonfiction
Agrippa - a book of the dead - 1992 – a poem and artist's book
Distrust That Particular Flavor - 2012

Disneyland with the Death Penalty – a 1993 Wired article                          
                          
                          
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson

American-Canadians are people of Canadian citizenship who were born in the United States of America, or US Citizens at the time of their birth.

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Cyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life.