Short Fiction Complete by William Gibson (.ePUB)
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Short Fiction Complete by William Gibson (Jerri eBooks, 2024)
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Overview: William Gibson is a science fiction best known for his pioneering work in the genre of cyberpunk. He made his debut as a novelist in 1984 with the release of Neuromancer which is considered to be one of his best work. The book is the only novel in history to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.
Gibson was born in South Carolina and he spent most of his childhood in Wytheville, Virginia. In high school, he became interested in the Beat generation and writers like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs who would have a big effect on him. He was not a great student and left high school before graduating. Then when the Vietnam war draft began, he had no interest in going. A young William would say at his draft hearing that he intended to sample every drug in existence. He then made his way to Canada to avoid the draft, but he was never actually drafted so was not considered a deserter.
He would spend the rest of the 60s in Toronto before meeting a woman from Vancouver. The two would move to Vancouver where Gibson enrolled at the University of British Columbia and earning his bachelor’s degree. At UBC, Gibson attended a course on science fiction which lead to him writing a short story in the genre. After graduation he stopped writing until he met punk musician and author John Shirley who encouraged him to take his writing more seriously. He began writing and selling short stories about the near future that were heavily influenced by cybernetics and cyberspace. These ideas would ultimately lead to Nueromancer, his first novel.
Some of his work has been adapted in movies. “Johnny Mnemonic”, a movie that came out in 1995, is loosely based off a story that is set in Gibson’s “Sprawl” trilogy universe. Not long after, another adaptation came out called “New Rose Hotel”, that is set in the same universe.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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