William Gibson

Gibson in 2007

William Gibson is an author, and the grandfather of the Cyberpunk genre. He has an official website.

William Gibson is the Trope Namer of:

• Cyberspace
• Raygun Gothic

Works written by William Gibson include:

• The Sprawl Trilogy
  • Neuromancer (1984)
  • Count Zero (1986)
  • Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)

• The Difference Engine (1990, co-written with Bruce Sterling)

• The Bridge Trilogy
  • Virtual Light (1993)
  • Idoru (Literature) (1995)
  • All Tomorows Parties (1999)

• The Bigend Books (Trilogy? It remains to be seen.)
  • Pattern Recognition (2003)
  • Spook Country (2007)
  • Zero History (September 2010)

He also wrote the script for the film Johnny Mnemonic based on his short story by the same name, a couple episodes of The X Files, the original (unused) screenplay for Alien³ and many short stories.

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