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Gibson scholar Tatiani G. Rapatzikou has commented, in Gothic Motifs in the Fiction of William Gibson, on the origin of the notion of cyberspace: Gibson's vision, generated by the monopolising appearance of the terminal image and presented in his creation of the cyberspace matrix, came to him when he saw teenagers playing in video arcades.
On December 9, 2008 (the sixteenth anniversary of the original Transmission), "The Agrippa Files", working with a scholarly team at the University of Maryland, released an emulated run of the entire poem [21] (derived from an original diskette loaned by a collector) and an hour's worth of "bootleg" footage shot covertly at the Americas Society (the source of the text that was posted on MindVox).
Distrust That Particular Flavor is a collection of non-fiction essays by American author William Gibson, better known for his speculative and science fiction novels. Distrust consists of twenty-six pieces written over a period of more than twenty years. The anthology includes a range of formats, including essays, magazine pieces, album reviews ...
These quotes about depression, from celebrities like Michael Phelps and Beyonce, explain the mental illness and can offer a sense of hope. ... — William C. Hannan “Behind every sweet smile ...
It takes place in the world of Gibson's cyberpunk novels, predating them by some years, and introduces the character Molly Millions, who plays a prominent role in the Sprawl trilogy of novels. The short story served as the basis for the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic , whose plot uses the same basic premise but otherwise differs considerably.
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"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.
William F. Gibson (November 23, 1933 – May 2, 2002) [1] was an African-American dentist who served as chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1985 to 1995. Gibson was a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and Meharry Medical College.