By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Of all the writers of science fiction and speculative fiction writing in the twentieth century, a few names spring to mind as candidates for the most ‘prophetic’ writers in the field: William Gibson, who popularised the term ‘cyberspace’ and the idea... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2023-04-03 14:00:15 UTC ]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Of all the writers of science fiction and speculative fiction writing in the twentieth century, a few names spring to mind as candidates for the most ‘prophetic’ writers in the field: William Gibson, who popularised the term ‘cyberspace’ and the idea... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2023-04-03 14:00:15 UTC ]
WILLIAM GIBSON NOTICES THINGS others miss. While his science fiction novels are often described as prescient, what defines Gibson’s body of work is the extraordinary refinement of his focus on the present. When everyone is talking about the features of the latest Silicon Valley gadget, he might... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-01-25 13:30:33 UTC ]
The sequel to “The Peripheral” is full of cultural commentary, plus imagination and suspense. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-01-16 19:59:44 UTC ]
“Alternate history, in my opinion, is a more demanding game,” says the author of “Agency” and other science fiction novels, “if only because conventional historical fiction, like history, is itself highly speculative.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-01-09 10:00:07 UTC ]
How William Gibson keeps his science fiction real Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker While a lot of sci-fi is obsessed with the distant future, one of the best authors of the genre takes a different approach. The New Yorker explains how William Gibson... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-12-14 17:30:00 UTC ]
Recently authors Margaret Atwood, Chuck Palahniuk, and William Gibson have all written (or announced) original comics projects in the hope of gaining new fans—and sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unbound has launched crowdfunding for an anthology celebrating the life of David Bowie, featuring contributions from a host of stellar writers including Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Roddy Doyle, Suzanne Moore and Evie Wyld. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]