William Gibson  

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William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948, Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982, and partly because of the success of his first novel, Neuromancer, which has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide since its publication in 1984.

Although his early writing took the form of short stories, Gibson has written (or co-written) nine critically-acclaimed novels, contributed articles to several major publications, and has collaborated extensively with performance artists, filmmakers and musicians. His thought has been cited as an influence on science fiction authors, in academia, cyberculture, and technology.

Selected bibliography

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Novels

• Sprawl trilogy:

1. Neuromancer (1984)
2. Count Zero (1986)
3. Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)

• The Difference Engine (1990; with Bruce Sterling)
• Bridge trilogy:

1. Virtual Light (1993)
2. Idoru (1996)
3. All Tomorrow's Parties (1999)

• Pattern Recognition (2003)
• Spook Country (2007)

Nonfiction

• Agrippa (a book of the dead) (1992) – a poem and artist's book
• "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" – a 1993 Wired article

Short stories

• Burning Chrome (1986, preface by Bruce Sterling), collects Gibson's early short fiction, listed by original publication date:
  • "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" (1977, UnEarth 3)
  • "Johnny Mnemonic" (1981, Omni)
  • "The Gernsback Continuum" (1981, Universe II)
  • "Hinterlands" (1981, Omni)
  • "New Rose Hotel" (1981, Omni)
  • "The Belonging Kind", with John Shirley (1981, Shadows 4)
  • "Burning Chrome" (1982, Omni)
  • "Red Star, Winter Orbit", with Bruce Sterling (1983, Omni)
  • "The Winter Market" (Nov 1985, Vancouver)
  • "Dogfight", with Michael Swanwick (1985, Omni)
• "Skinner's Room" (Nov 1991, Omni)