William
Gibson
"What's
happening right now is sufficiently giddy and exponential
and weird to satisfy my science fiction jones."
Science
fiction author William Gibson has helped define the genre of cyberpunk with
novels such as Neuromancer,
which won both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards, and Count
Zero. He is also known for being the person who coined the term "cyberspace."
He visited San Francisco while touring to support his latest book, All
Tomorrow's Parties.
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"...as though the world's attic is being tidied at warp speed... it's like
this massive mechanism of desire and commerce."
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Gibson discusses Neuromancer and answers the question, "Is cyberpunk
pessimistic?"
1:38
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"I'm trying to come to grips with an unthinkable present; I'm not really
worried about an unthinkable future."
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