Conversations with William Gibson
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Conversations with William Gibson

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Conversations with William Gibson

About this book

"After reading Neuromancer for the first time, " literary scholar Larry McCaffery wrote, "I knew I had seen the future of [science fiction] (and maybe of literature in general), and its name was William Gibson." McCaffery was right. Gibson's 1984 debut is one of the most celebrated SF novels of the last half century, and in a career spanning more than three decades, the American-Canadian science fiction writer and reluctant futurist responsible for introducing "cyberspace" into the lexicon has published nine other novels. Editor Patrick A. Smith draws the twenty-three interviews in this collection from a variety of media and sourcesā€”print and online journals and fanzines, academic journals, newspapers, blogs, and podcasts. Myriad topics include Gibson's childhood in the American South and his early adulthood in Canada, with travel in Europe; his chafing against the traditional SF mold, the origins of "cyberspace, " and the unintended consequences (for both the author and society) of changing the way we think about technology; the writing process and the reader's role in a new kind of fiction. Gibson (b. 1948) takes on branding and fashion, celebrity culture, social networking, the post-9/11 world, future uses of technology, and the isolation and alienation engendered by new ways of solving old problems. The conversations also provide overviews of his novels, short fiction, and nonfiction.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chronology
  7. Eye to Eye: An Interview with William Gibson
  8. An Interview with William Gibson
  9. Conversation with William Gibson
  10. Queen Victoriaā€™s Personal Spook, Psychic Legbreakers, Snakes, and Catfood: An Interview with William Gibson and Tom Maddox
  11. ā€œThe Charisma Leakā€: A Conversation with William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
  12. An Interview with William Gibson: Virtual Light Tour
  13. William Gibson Interview
  14. The Man Who Named Cyberspace: An Interview with William Gibson
  15. William Gibson, Webmaster
  16. William Gibson Interview
  17. William Gibson Interview
  18. An Interview with William Gibson
  19. William Gibson: Waiting for the Man
  20. William Gibson Interview Transcript
  21. Redefining William Gibson
  22. William Gibson: The Father of Cyberpunk
  23. Futuristic Fantasy Lives Now for Author William Gibson
  24. Space to Think
  25. Interview: William Gibson
  26. William Gibson Talks to io9 about Canada, Draft Dodging, and Godzilla
  27. William Gibson: The Art of Fiction No. 211
  28. Why William Gibson Distrusts Aging Futuristsā€™ Nostalgia
  29. William Gibson: The Complete io9 Interview
  30. Key Resources
  31. Index