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A few years beforehand, Ashbaugh had written a fan letter to cyberpunk novelist William Gibson, whose oeuvre he had admired, and the pair had struck up a telephone friendship. [7] [8] Shortly after the project had germinated in the minds of Begos and Ashbaugh, they contacted and recruited Gibson. [2]
Gibson (left) influenced cyberpunk [126] and postcyberpunk writers such as Cory Doctorow (right), [129] whom he also consulted for technical advice while writing Spook Country. [130] Gibson's early novels were, according to The Observer, "seized upon by the emerging slacker and hacker generation as a kind of road map". [8]
"New Rose Hotel" is a short story by William Gibson, first published in Omni in July 1984 and later included in his 1986 collection Burning Chrome. "New Rose Hotel" presents a bleak future as extrapolated from contemporary economic and social trends.
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Virtual Light is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. The term 'Virtual Light' was coined by scientist Stephen Beck to describe a form of instrumentation that produces optical sensations directly in the eye without the use of photons .
Neuromancer has many literary progenitors. Detective fiction, like the work of Raymond Chandler, is frequently cited as an influence on Neuromancer. For example, critics note similarities between Gibson's Case and Chandler's Philip Marlowe: Case is described as a "cowboy" and a "detective" and is involved in a heist; [12] Molly, the novel's primary female character, has connections to the ...
Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 cyberpunk action film [6] directed by Robert Longo in his feature directorial debut. William Gibson, who wrote the 1981 short story, wrote the screenplay.
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.