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William Gibson (1) (1948–)

Author of Neuromancer

For other authors named William Gibson, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

William Gibson was born on March 17, 1948 in Conway, South Carolina. He dropped out of high school and moved to Canada, where he eventually graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1977. He is the author of Mona Lisa Overdrive, The Peripheral, and Neuromancer, which won the Phillip K. show more Dick Award, the Hugo Award, and the Nebula Award. He also wrote the screenplay for the film Johnny Mnemonic. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by William Gibson

Neuromancer (1984) 22,990 copies
Pattern Recognition (2003) 8,855 copies
Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) 7,279 copies
Count Zero (1986) 7,246 copies
The Difference Engine (1990) 5,886 copies
Idoru (1996) 5,852 copies
Virtual Light (1993) 5,654 copies
Burning Chrome (1986) 5,569 copies
Spook Country (2007) 4,806 copies
All Tomorrow's Parties (1999) 4,502 copies
Zero History (2010) 2,520 copies
The Peripheral (2014) 2,384 copies
Agency (2020) 1,125 copies
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) 484 copies
William Gibson's Neuromancer: The Graphic Novel (Volume 1) (1989) — Original author — 101 copies
William Gibson's Alien 3 (2018) 97 copies
Alien III (2019) 87 copies
Archangel #1 (2016) 40 copies
Archangel #2 (of 5) (1899) 22 copies
Archangel #4 (of 5) (2017) 19 copies
Archangel #3 (of 5) (2016) 18 copies
Agrippa: A Book of the Dead (1972) 14 copies
Red Star, Winter Orbit (1995) 13 copies
New Rose Hotel (2015) 13 copies
WILLIAM GIBSONS ARCHANGEL (2019) 2 copies
Jackpot 2 copies
Hardcore Mona Lisa (2021) 2 copies
Academy Leader (1991) 1 copy

Associated Works

Dhalgren (1975) — Foreword, some editions — 3,707 copies
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986) — Contributor — 1,609 copies
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Contributor — 815 copies
The Alteration (1976) — Introduction, some editions — 680 copies
The Time Traveller's Almanac (2013) — Contributor — 559 copies
The Science Fiction Century (1997) — Contributor — 529 copies
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (2001) — Contributor — 450 copies
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992) — Contributor — 446 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (1992) — Contributor — 413 copies
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 411 copies
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 392 copies
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (2007) — Contributor — 385 copies
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded (2010) — Contributor — 305 copies
City Come A-Walkin' (1980) — Foreword, some editions — 263 copies
Year's Best SF 3 (1998) — Contributor — 258 copies
Semiotext(e) SF (1989) — Contributor — 248 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986) — Contributor — 225 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987) — Contributor — 201 copies
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 201 copies
Future on Fire (1991) — Contributor — 187 copies
The Art of the Matrix (2000) — Introduction, some editions — 174 copies
The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002) — Contributor — 151 copies
Chaos & Cyber Culture (1994) — Contributor — 136 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 133 copies
Hackers (1984) — Contributor — 116 copies
Cyber-killers (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 106 copies
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF (2008) — Contributor — 104 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contributor — 100 copies
Christmas Stars (1992) — Contributor — 96 copies
Darwin's Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow (2010) — Contributor — 92 copies
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 91 copies
Visions of Wonder (1996) — Contributor — 89 copies
The Nebula Awards Eighteen (1983) — Contributor — 88 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 (1983) — Contributor — 87 copies
Nebula Award Stories 17 (1983) — Contributor — 87 copies
The Reel Stuff (1998) — Contributor — 83 copies
Northern Stars: The Anthology of Canadian Science Fiction (1994) — Contributor — 83 copies
Shadows 4 (1981) — Contributor — 75 copies
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 73 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 (1982) — Contributor — 73 copies
After Yesterday's Crash: The Avant-Pop Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 66 copies
Time Travelers (Fiction in the Fourth Dimension) (1997) — Contributor — 64 copies
Timescapes (1997) — Contributor — 57 copies
The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1987) — Contributor — 55 copies
Tesseracts 3 (2002) — Contributor — 52 copies
Tesseracts 1 (1985) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 50 copies
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 48 copies
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 47 copies
New Worlds (New Anthology Series , Vol 1) (1997) — Author — 47 copies
A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales (2003) — Contributor — 41 copies
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — Contributor — 35 copies
Universe 11 (1981) — Contributor — 29 copies
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1974 (1991) — Introduction, some editions — 25 copies
We, Robots (2010) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) — Contributor — 20 copies
Flying Saucers Are Real (2016) — Introduction — 20 copies
Tesseracts 2 (1987) — Contributor — 19 copies
Wild Palms [1993 TV miniseries] (1993) — Himself — 17 copies
Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute (2006) — Contributor — 13 copies
Transit Lounge (1998) — Introduction — 10 copies
Bifrost n°96 - la Revue des Mondes Imaginaires (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies
Fortean Times 73 — Contributor — 2 copies
Neuromancer--screenplay — Original book — 1 copy

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Reviews

Fun enough. The fascination with tactical gear, the market for it, as an instance of the secret style of marketing we heard about in the first Blue Ant book. There are some clunky bits here... how exactly the DCIS special agent fits in, what her function is, why is she essential to the action. I kept expecting some grand plot development to hinge on her involvement, but I never saw it. Fiona and Milgrim? Maybe, I guess. What women want, I have certainly never figured it out! Bigend is always problematic. I guess if you like the Bourne stories, there is always limitless access to resources... I guess private interests can scale up to public resources... I've just never hung out with billionaires!

Anyway, there was plenty of action and twists and turns... it sure kept me turning the page!
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kukulaj | 78 other reviews | Mar 8, 2024 |
The weakest of the sprawl trilogy, although still entertaining and tightly written. Does not have the same level of hallucinatory Burroughs-esque prose prose. Turner seems to be a bit of a blank -- he feels a bit like Armitage from Neuromancer, some.one who has been assembled from parts and does not have a real personality (as he was assembled physically)/ Also the Voodoo stuff feels a bit thin, and feels like some odd intrusion into the story, It is not fleshed out enough nor integrated enough into the rest of the story… (more)
 
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audient_void | 61 other reviews | Mar 2, 2024 |
Nice language, good flow, but the world Gibson creates is not as deep and the plot much simpler than usual. The main character holds her own but the world she moves through is much simpler than a usual Gibson text.
 
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yates9 | 172 other reviews | Feb 28, 2024 |
did not finish, couldn't take the prose
 
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sarcher | 86 other reviews | Feb 25, 2024 |

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