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The works of William Gibson encompass literature, journalism, acting, recitation, and performance art. Primarily renowned as a novelist and short fiction writer in the cyberpunk milieu, Gibson invented the metaphor of cyberspace in "Burning Chrome" (1982) and emerged from obscurity in 1984 with the publication of his debut novel Neuromancer.
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Agency is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, released on January 21, 2020. [1]It is a 'sequel and a prequel' [2] to his previous novel The Peripheral (2014), reusing the technology from the novel to explore an alternative 2017 where Hillary Clinton won the 2016 Presidential Election. [2]
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 .
The Peripheral is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson [2] set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. [3] The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London publicist who lives 70 years thereafter. Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same
The titular Bridge, pre-quake. The first book of the Bridge trilogy is set in an imaginary 2006, with the subsequent books set a few years later. [1] The books deal with the race to control the beginnings of cyberspace technology and are set on the United States' West coast in a post-earthquake California (divided into the separate states of NoCal and SoCal), as well as a post-earthquake Tokyo ...
The Peripheral, the first in a new series of novels by William Gibson, was released on October 28, 2014. [74] He described the story briefly in an appearance he made at the New York Public Library on April 19, 2013, and read an excerpt from the first chapter of the book entitled "The Gone Haptics". [75]