William Gibson

Novelist

air date: Jan 26, 2015

William Gibson is an acclaimed science-fiction novelist, essayist and screenwriter, known for coining the term “cyberspace.” He has been called the “noir prophet” of the “cyberpunk” community. His 1984 book “Neuromancer” was the first to win the three top science fiction prizes — the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award. Throughout his writing career, he has published three trilogies, including the New York Times best-selling “Blue Ant” series. His novel “The Peripheral” was published in 2014.

• Full Episode
• Noir science fiction
• Genre bending
• 'Weirdness of the World'
• Writing about the future
• What Gibson's reading

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