Tag: William Gibson
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Cyberpunk Can’t Die
I’ve started reading three or four books in the past week and set them aside because I just couldn’t stay interested. But finally, I’ve latched on to a good one! I’m reading Time Heist by Anthony Vicino. It’s the real thing. I’ll even give Vicino a free pass for promoting himself in this article he…
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30 Years of Future: Essential Cyberpunk
Via iO9, Diana Biller writes: It’s now been over three decades since cyberpunk first exploded, and in that time we’ve seen gorgeous movies, read fascinating books, and seen dozens of offshoots like steampunk (and my new favorite, deco punk) develop. Here are the 21 cyberpunk books you absolutely must read. Read More
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Blues For Horselover Fat: William Gibson on Philip K. Dick
From PhilipKDickfans.com, William Gibson says, “Remarkable the number of Phil Dick’s fans who have no desire to read any other sf. It always impressed me. ‘Well, no, I don’t read that stuff…. But do you know this guy Dick?’ How did they get on to him? Word of mouth…. He was the only product of…
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We’re here to GO
Will Ryker, Zephron Cochran We know that William Gibson and other cyberpunk authors name William S. Burroughs as a major influence. Indeed, Burroughs was tuned in to the cyberzone way ahead of the rest of us. Listen to this Giorno Poetry Systems recording of him giving the keynote speech at the Nova Convention in 1978: William…
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Is What Cyberpunk?
I can give you a vague definition of cyberpunk with terms like “noir future” and “distopia,” but Rudy Rucker says it better and really whets my appetite to know more. Here’s an excerpt from What Is Cyberpunk: Proximately, “cyberpunk” is a word coined by Gardner Dozois to describe the fiction of William Gibson. Gibson’s novel…
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Quote of the Week
“I suspect I have spent just about exactly as much time actually writing as the average person my age has spent watching television, and that, as much as anything, may be the real secret here.” – William Gibson
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Voraciously Assimilating Commentary by Lance Olsen on William Gibson
I’ve been voraciously assimilating commentary by Lance Olson on the work of author William Gibson. Can’t get enough of it! Here are some words and phrases I looked up while reading Olsen’s commentary on Gibson’s Burning Chrome. I had a general idea what some of these terms meant, but a couple of them, like…