Gibson, William (1948—)
An American science-fiction writer most renowned for coining the term "cyberspace" in Neuromancer (1984), the book hailed by many critics and technology bu...
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Creator of the concept "Cyberspace," science-fiction author William Gibson developed a new fictional landscape for his edgy work--a hallucinatory three-dimensional region built from computer data gath...
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When science fiction author William Gibson wrote his first two novels, Neuromancer and Count Zero, on a manual typewriter, he knew almost nothing about computers. "When people started talking about th...
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No other Canadian speculative fiction writer, and possibly no other Canadian writer of fiction, has had as great an impact on late-twentieth-century culture as has William Gibson. Beginning with a ser...
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In the following essay, Rapatzikou examines William Gibson's representation of human identity in his trilogy of science fiction novels—Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive–...
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In the following essay, Schwenger identifies the central themes and motifs of Agrippa as absence, disappearance, mechanism, and apocalypse.
All techniques meant to unleash forces are techniques of ...
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In the following essay, Schroeder discusses the ideas of postmodernism and literary romanticism in Gibson's fiction.
It is tempting to think of postmodernism as an indeterministic and antire...
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In the following essay, Hayles argues that Gibson's fiction blurs the boundaries between cyberspace and the real world.
Through their individual imaginations, writers can evoke a world that ...
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In the following essay, Fabijancic discusses the motifs of space and vision in Gibson's fiction within the context of modern multinational capitalist society.
Modernity may be broadly define...
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In the following essay, Olsen discusses spirituality, technology, and postmodernism in Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive, which are also collectively known as Gibson's matrix tri...
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In the following essay, Sponsler considers the interface of postmodernism and narrative in Gibson's cyberpunk fiction.
In recent years science fiction has with some success struggled against...
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In the following essay, Alkon delineates the elements of myth, allegory, and fairy tale in Gibson's cyberpunk trilogy.
The future of futuristic fiction was first discussed over 150 years ago...
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In the following essay, Schmitt finds similarities between Gibson's cyberpunk fiction and the iconography of punk rock music.
With only three published novels and a collection of short stori...
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In the following essay, Glazer traces recent developments in science fiction and places Gibson within the context of the science fiction genre.
If the chaos of the nineties reflects a radical shift...
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In the following essay, Suvin discusses the category of cyberpunk, considering Gibson's short fiction as representative of the subgenre. This is a revamped version by Suvin in 1991 of the above...
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In the following essay, Booker outlines the defining characteristics of Gibson's fiction, emphasizing his attitude toward and treatment of technology.
The disneyland theme park, as Jean Baud...
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In the following essay, Lindberg discusses Gibson as a postmodern author and examines the roles of authority, time, and memory in his writing.
According to Andrew Ross,
Cyberpunk's idea o...
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Gibson, William (1948—)
William Gibson
William (Ford) Gibson
Critical Essay by Tatiana Rapatzikou
