William Gibson
Born: 01-01-1959
William Gibson is a pioneering science fiction author best known for his role in developing the cyberpunk genre. Born in 1948 in South Carolina, he gained international acclaim with his debut novel "Neuromancer," which introduced readers to a dystopian future where technology and humanity intersect. Gibson's visionary works explore themes of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the digital age, making him a seminal figure in contemporary speculative fiction.
Book summaries for books written by William Gibson
Quotes
The street finds its own uses for things.
The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.
We have no future because our present is too volatile.
Information is power, but it is also a weapon.
The future is there, looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become.
The street finds its own uses for technology.
Sometimes, when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness.
They tend to be a bit more paranoid in the modern world.
Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.
The body cannot live without the mind.
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
The street finds its own uses for things, uses the manufacturers never intended.