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William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his ...
encompass literature, journalism, acting, recitation, and performance art. Primarily renowned as a novelist and short fiction writer in the
cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyber ...
milieu, Gibson invented the metaphor of
cyberspace Cyberspace is a concept describing a widespread interconnected digital technology. "The expression dates back from the first decade of the diffusion of the internet. It refers to the online world as a world 'apart', as distinct from everyday rea ...
in "
Burning Chrome "Burning Chrome" is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer William Gibson, first published in '' Omni'' in July 1982. Gibson first read the story at a science fiction convention in Denver, Colorado in the autumn of 1981, to an a ...
" (1982) and emerged from obscurity in 1984 with the publication of his
debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ...
''
Neuromancer ''Neuromancer'' is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and ...
''. Gibson's early short fiction is recognized as cyberpunk's finest work, effectively renovating the
science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
genre which had been hitherto considered widely insignificant. At the turn of the 1990s, after the completion of his
Sprawl trilogy The Sprawl trilogy (also known as the Neuromancer, Cyberspace, or Matrix trilogy) is William Gibson's first set of novels, composed of ''Neuromancer'' (1984), ''Count Zero'' (1986), and ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'' (1988). The novels are all set in t ...
of novels, Gibson contributed the text to a number of performance art pieces and exhibitions, as well as writing lyrics for musicians
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and
Debbie Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...
. He wrote the critically acclaimed artist's book '' Agrippa (a book of the dead)'' in 1992 before co-authoring ''
The Difference Engine ''The Difference Engine'' (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is widely regarded as a book that helped establish the genre conventions of steampunk. It posits a Victorian era Britain in which great t ...
'', an alternate history novel that would become a central work of the
steampunk Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the Victorian era or ...
genre. He then spent an unfruitful period as a Hollywood
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, with few of his projects seeing the light of day and those that did being critically unsuccessful. Although he had largely abandoned short fiction by the mid-1990s, Gibson returned to writing novels, completing his second trilogy, the
Bridge trilogy The Bridge trilogy is a series of novels by William Gibson, his second after the successful Sprawl trilogy. The trilogy comprises the novels ''Virtual Light'' (1993), ''Idoru,'' (1996) and ''All Tomorrow's Parties'' (1999). A short story, " Skinner ...
at the close of the millennium. After writing two episodes of the television series ''
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'' around this time, Gibson was featured as the subject of a documentary film, ''
No Maps for These Territories ''No Maps for These Territories'' is an independent documentary film made by Mark Neale focusing on the speculative fiction author William Gibson. It features appearances by Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Bono, and The Edge and was released by Docura ...
'', in 2000. Gibson has been invited to address the
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(1993) and the
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(2003) and has had a plethora of articles published in outlets such as ''
Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Fra ...
'', ''
Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'' and ''
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''. His third trilogy of novels, ''
Pattern Recognition Pattern recognition is the automated recognition of patterns and regularities in data. It has applications in statistical data analysis, signal processing, image analysis, information retrieval, bioinformatics, data compression, computer graphi ...
'' (2003), ''
Spook Country ''Spook Country'' is a 2007 novel by speculative fiction author William Gibson. A political thriller set in contemporary North America, it followed on from the author's previous novel, ''Pattern Recognition'' (2003), and was succeeded in 2010 by ...
'' (2007) and ''
Zero History ''Zero History'' is a novel by William Gibson published in 2010. It concludes the informal trilogy begun by ''Pattern Recognition'' (2003) and continued by ''Spook Country'' (2007), and features the characters Hollis Henry and Milgrim from the la ...
'' (2010) have put Gibson's work onto mainstream bestseller lists for the first time.


Novels

*
Sprawl trilogy The Sprawl trilogy (also known as the Neuromancer, Cyberspace, or Matrix trilogy) is William Gibson's first set of novels, composed of ''Neuromancer'' (1984), ''Count Zero'' (1986), and ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'' (1988). The novels are all set in t ...
: *# ''
Neuromancer ''Neuromancer'' is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and ...
'' (1984) *# ''
Count Zero ''Count Zero'' is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It is the second volume of the Sprawl trilogy, which begins with ''Neuromancer'' and concludes with ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'', and is ...
'' (1986) *# ''
Mona Lisa Overdrive ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'' is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, published in 1988. It is the final novel of the cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy, following ''Neuromancer'' and ''Count Zero'', taking place eight years after ...
'' (1988) * ''
The Difference Engine ''The Difference Engine'' (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is widely regarded as a book that helped establish the genre conventions of steampunk. It posits a Victorian era Britain in which great t ...
'' (1990; with
Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...
) *
Bridge trilogy The Bridge trilogy is a series of novels by William Gibson, his second after the successful Sprawl trilogy. The trilogy comprises the novels ''Virtual Light'' (1993), ''Idoru,'' (1996) and ''All Tomorrow's Parties'' (1999). A short story, " Skinner ...
: *# ''
Virtual Light ''Virtual Light'' is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, the first book in his Bridge trilogy. ''Virtual Light'' is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. The term 'Virtual Light' ...
'' (1993) *# ''
Idoru ''Idoru'' is the second book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. ''Idoru'' is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. One of the main characters, Colin Laney, has a talent for identifying nodal points, analogous ...
'' (1996) *# ''
All Tomorrow's Parties "All Tomorrow's Parties" is a song by the Velvet Underground and Nico, written by Lou Reed and released on the group's 1967 debut studio album, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico''. Inspiration for the song came from Reed's observation of Andy Warh ...
'' (1999) * Blue Ant trilogy: *# ''
Pattern Recognition Pattern recognition is the automated recognition of patterns and regularities in data. It has applications in statistical data analysis, signal processing, image analysis, information retrieval, bioinformatics, data compression, computer graphi ...
'' (2003) *# ''
Spook Country ''Spook Country'' is a 2007 novel by speculative fiction author William Gibson. A political thriller set in contemporary North America, it followed on from the author's previous novel, ''Pattern Recognition'' (2003), and was succeeded in 2010 by ...
'' (2007) *# ''
Zero History ''Zero History'' is a novel by William Gibson published in 2010. It concludes the informal trilogy begun by ''Pattern Recognition'' (2003) and continued by ''Spook Country'' (2007), and features the characters Hollis Henry and Milgrim from the la ...
'' (2010) *Jackpot trilogy: *#''
The Peripheral ''The Peripheral'' is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London ...
'' (2014) *#''
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'' (2020) *#''Jackpot'' (TBD)


Short fiction


Collected

* "
Burning Chrome "Burning Chrome" is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer William Gibson, first published in '' Omni'' in July 1982. Gibson first read the story at a science fiction convention in Denver, Colorado in the autumn of 1981, to an a ...
"'' (1986, preface by Bruce Sterling): ** "
Johnny Mnemonic "Johnny Mnemonic" is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It first appeared in '' Omni'' magazine in May 1981, and was subsequently included in ''Burning Chrome'', a 1986 collection of Gibson's short fiction. ...
" (May 1981, ''Omni'') ** "
The Gernsback Continuum "The Gernsback Continuum" is a 1981 science fiction short story by American-Canadian author William Gibson, originally published in the anthology ''Universe 11'' edited by Terry Carr. It was later reprinted in Gibson's collection ''Burning Chrome' ...
" (1981, ''Universe 11'') ** " Fragments of a Hologram Rose" (Summer 1977, ''UnEarth 3'') ** "
The Belonging Kind "The Belonging Kind" is a science fiction short story by cyberpunk authors William Gibson and John Shirley. It was first published in the horror anthology ''Shadows 4'' edited by Charles L. Grant in 1981, later to be included along with several ...
", with
John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...
(1981, ''Shadows 4'') ** "
Hinterlands Hinterland is a German word meaning "the land behind" (a city, a port, or similar). Its use in English was first documented by the geographer George Chisholm in his ''Handbook of Commercial Geography'' (1888). Originally the term was associated ...
" (October 1981, ''Omni'') ** "
Red Star, Winter Orbit "Red Star, Winter Orbit" is a short story written by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling in the 1980s. It was first published in '' Omni'' in July 1983, and later collected in ''Burning Chrome'', a 1986 anthology of Gibson's early short fiction, and ...
", with Bruce Sterling (July 1983, ''Omni'') ** "
New Rose Hotel "New Rose Hotel" is a short story by William Gibson, first published in ''Omni (magazine), Omni'' in July 1984 and later included in his 1986 collection ''Burning Chrome (short story collection), Burning Chrome''. Plot The story is set in a futu ...
" (July 1984, ''Omni'') ** "
The Winter Market "The Winter Market" is a science fiction short story written by William Gibson and published as part of his ''Burning Chrome'' short story collection. The story was commissioned in 1985 by ''Vancouver Magazine'', who stipulated that Gibson – who ...
" (November 1985, ''Vancouver'') ** "
Dogfight A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft conducted at close range. Dogfighting first occurred in Mexico in 1913, shortly after the invention of the airplane. Until at least 1992, it was a component in every majo ...
", with
Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (born 18 November 1950) is an American fantasy and science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s. Writing career Swanwick's fiction writing began with short stories, starting in 1980 when he published "Ginungagap ...
(July 1985, ''Omni'') ** "
Burning Chrome "Burning Chrome" is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer William Gibson, first published in '' Omni'' in July 1982. Gibson first read the story at a science fiction convention in Denver, Colorado in the autumn of 1981, to an a ...
" (July 1982, ''Omni'')


Uncollected

* "Tokyo Collage" in ''SF Eye'', August 1988. * "Tokyo Suite" in ''
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'' (Japanese edition) 1988/5-7. Early version of “Tokyo Collage”, translated by Hisashi Kuroma. * "The Smoke" in ''Mississippi Review 47/48'', 1988. * "Hippy Hat Brain Parasite" in Shiner, Lewis, ''Modern Stories'' No. 1, April 1983. Republished in * "The Nazi Lawn Dwarf Murders" (unpublished) * "Doing Television" in * "Darwin" (a slightly longer version of "Doing Television") in ''
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'', March 1990, and ''
Spin Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning * Spin, the rotation of an object around a central axis * Spin (propaganda), an intentionally b ...
'', April 1990, 21–23. * " Skinner's Room" in Republished in * "Academy Leader" in *
Cyber-Claus
in ''
The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...
'' Book World, 1991-12-01. Republished in * "Where the Holograms Go" in * "Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City" in Republished in * "Dougal Discarnate" in


Excerpted

* ''
Mona Lisa Overdrive ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'' is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, published in 1988. It is the final novel of the cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy, following ''Neuromancer'' and ''Count Zero'', taking place eight years after ...
'': ** "The Silver Walks" in ''
High Times ''High Times'' is an American monthly magazine (and cannabis brand) that advocates the Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States, legalization of cannabis as well as other counterculture ideas. The magazine was founded in 1974 by ...
'', November 1987 ** "Kumi in the Smoke" ("''Kemuri no naka no Kumi''") in the Japanese magazine ''Hanatsubaki'', issue 453, March 1988. Translated by Hisashi Kuroma. * ''
The Difference Engine ''The Difference Engine'' (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is widely regarded as a book that helped establish the genre conventions of steampunk. It posits a Victorian era Britain in which great t ...
'' (with
Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...
): ** "The Angel of Goliad" in '' Interzone'' issue 40, 1990 * ''
Idoru ''Idoru'' is the second book in William Gibson's Bridge trilogy. ''Idoru'' is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. One of the main characters, Colin Laney, has a talent for identifying nodal points, analogous ...
'': ** "Lo Rez Skyline" in ''
Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'' issue 735, May 30, 1996 *
The Peripheral ''The Peripheral'' is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London ...
: **"Death Cookie / Easy Ice" in


Screenplays

* ''
Johnny Mnemonic "Johnny Mnemonic" is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It first appeared in '' Omni'' magazine in May 1981, and was subsequently included in ''Burning Chrome'', a 1986 collection of Gibson's short fiction. ...
'' (1995) * ''
The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
'': ** "
Kill Switch A kill switch, also known as an emergency stop (E-stop), emergency off (EMO) and as an emergency power off (EPO), is a safety mechanism used to shut off machinery in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner. Unlike a normal ...
" (1998; with
Tom Maddox Tom Maddox (October 1945 – October 18, 2022) was an American science fiction writer, known for his part in the early cyberpunk movement. Maddox's only novel was ''Halo'' (), published in 1991 by Tor Books. His story "Snake Eyes" appeared in t ...
) ** "
First Person Shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre, sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a First person (video games), first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eye ...
" (2000; with
Tom Maddox Tom Maddox (October 1945 – October 18, 2022) was an American science fiction writer, known for his part in the early cyberpunk movement. Maddox's only novel was ''Halo'' (), published in 1991 by Tor Books. His story "Snake Eyes" appeared in t ...
)


Unrealized

* ''Burning Chrome'' – adaptation of "
Burning Chrome "Burning Chrome" is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer William Gibson, first published in '' Omni'' in July 1982. Gibson first read the story at a science fiction convention in Denver, Colorado in the autumn of 1981, to an a ...
" (1982) * ''Neuro-Hotel'' * ''
Alien 3 ''Alien 3'' (stylized as ''A''LIEN³) is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward. It stars Sigourney Weaver, reprising her r ...
'' (late 1980s)


Comics

*''William Gibson
Archangel Archangels () are the second lowest rank of angel in the hierarchy of angels. The word ''archangel'' itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings that are very similar to archangels are found in a number of other relig ...
'' (2016) – 5-part comic with Michael St. John Smith and Butch Guice. *''William Gibson's Alien 3'' (2019) – 5-part comic with Johnnie Christmas and Tamra Bonvillain.


Non-fiction

* '' Distrust That Particular Flavor'' (2012)


Articles

* "Alfred Bester, SF and Me", ''Frontier crossings : A souvenir of the 45th World Science Fiction Convention, Conspiracy '87'', Robert Jackson ed., (1987) *
Rocket Radio
(1989), ''
Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'', June 15, 1989 * "
Disneyland with the Death Penalty "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" is a 4,500-word article about Singapore written by William Gibson. His first major piece of non-fiction, it was first published as the cover story for ''Wired'' magazine's September/October 1993 issue (1.4). T ...
" (1993), ''
Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Fra ...
'', 1.04 *
Remembering Johnny: Notes on a Process
(1995), ''Wired'', 3.06, June 1995. *

(1996), ''
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'' 1996-07-14: 31. * "'Virtual Lit': A Discussion" (1996) ''Biblion: The Bulletin of the New York Public Library'', Fall 1996: 33–51. * "Jack Womak and the Horned Heart of Neuropa" (1997) ''Science Fiction Eye'', Fall 1997. *
Dead Man Sings
(1998) ''Forbes ASAP'', 30 November 1998 supp.: 177. * "William Gibson's fiction of cyber-eternity may become a reality." (1999) ''HQ'' issue 63 : 122, March 1, 1999. *

(1999), ''Wired'', 7.01 *

(1999), ''Wired'', 7.10 *
Steely Dan's Return
(2000) ''Addicted To Noise'' Issue 6.03, March 1, 2000 *

(2000) ''
TIME Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'', June 19, 2000. *
Modern boys and mobile girls
(2001), ''
The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...
'', April 1, 2001. *
Metrophagy
(2001) ''
Whole Earth Catalog The ''Whole Earth Catalog'' (WEC) was an American counterculture magazine and product catalog published by Stewart Brand several times a year between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998. The magazine featured essays and articl ...
'', Summer 2001. *
My Own Private Tokyo
(2001), ''Wired'', 9.09 *
Blasted Dreams in Mr. Buk's Window
(2001), ''
National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...
'', 2001-09-20 *
Shiny Balls of Mud
(2002), '' Tate Magazine'', issue 1, September/October 2002. *
The Road to Oceania
(2003), ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', 2003-06-25 *
Time Machine Cuba
(2004), ''
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'', August 8, 2004 *
God's Little Toys
(2005), ''Wired'', 13.7 *

(2005), ''Wired'', 13.8 *

(2008), ''
New Scientist ''New Scientist'' is a magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organisation publishe ...
'', issue 2682, November 12, 2008. *
Google's Earth
(2010), ''The New York Times'', August 31, 2010. *

(2011), ''The New York Times'', January 27, 2011. *
William Gibson, The Art of Fiction No. 211
(2011), ''The Paris Review'', June 1, 2011. *
Life in the Meta City
(2011), ''Scientific American'', August 19, 2011. *
William Gibson on ''The Stars My Destination''
(2012),
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, February 23, 2012. *
1977
(2012), in ''Punk: An Aesthetic'' by Johan Kugelberg (editor), reproduced in ''The Huffington Post'', September 19, 2012. *
We Can't Know What the Future Will Bring
(2012), ''The Wall Street Journal'', October 25, 2012.


Forewords, introductions and afterwords

*  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —. *  —.


Screen appearances


Acting appearances

* ''
Wild Palms ''Wild Palms'' is a five-hour miniseries which was produced by Greengrass Productions and first aired in May 1993 on the ABC network in the United States. The sci-fi drama, announced as an "event series", deals with the dangers of politically mo ...
'' (1993) *
Mon amour mon parapluie
' (2002) * "
First Person Shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre, sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a First person (video games), first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eye ...
", ''
The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
'' (2000)


Documentaries


Yorkville: Hippie haven – Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion
(1967) *
Cyberpunk
' (1990) * ''
No Maps for These Territories ''No Maps for These Territories'' is an independent documentary film made by Mark Neale focusing on the speculative fiction author William Gibson. It features appearances by Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Bono, and The Edge and was released by Docura ...
'' (2000) * ''
Cyberman The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who''. The Cybermen are a species of space-faring cyborgs who often forcefully and painfully convert human beings ...
'' (2001)


Television appearances

* ''Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon'' (1993) * ''Making of
Johnny Mnemonic "Johnny Mnemonic" is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It first appeared in '' Omni'' magazine in May 1981, and was subsequently included in ''Burning Chrome'', a 1986 collection of Gibson's short fiction. ...
'' (1995) * ''The X-Files Movie Special'' (1998) * "
The Screen Savers ''The Screen Savers'' is an American TV show that aired on TechTV from 1998 to 2005.Fost, Dan (17 May 1999)A Day in the Life of ZDTV's `The Screen Savers' ''San Francisco Chronicle'' The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV (later k ...
", February 5, 2003. (2003) *
Bestseller samtalen
' (2003) * ''Webnation''
episode 1.14
(2007)


Miscellanea

* ''
Count Zero ''Count Zero'' is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It is the second volume of the Sprawl trilogy, which begins with ''Neuromancer'' and concludes with ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'', and is ...
'' shortened and
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serialization illustrated by J. K. Potter, ''Isaac
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Magazine'', January, February, March 1986 issues * "
Robert Longo Robert Longo (born 1953) is an American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician. Longo became first well known in the 1980s for his ''Men in the Cities'' drawing and print series, which depict sharply dressed men and women writhing in cont ...
" (1992), ''ArtRandom'' No. 71, . * '' Agrippa (a book of the dead)'' (1992)—an
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. * Lyrics, vocals. ''
Technodon ''Technodon'' is the eighth and final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993, a decade after the band's original breakup. Because the name Yellow Magic Orchestra was owned by former record label Alfa Records, the band were fo ...
'',
Yellow Magic Orchestra Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO for short) is a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). The group is conside ...
. (1993) * Lyrics. "Dog Star Girl", ''
Debravation ''Debravation'' is the fourth solo album by American singer Deborah Harry, released in July 19, 1993. It was the final album Harry made whilst signed to the Chrysalis label, thus ending a successful partnership that began with her time as a memb ...
''.
Deborah Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...
. (1993) *
Speeches on Networking and the Future
, joint address with
Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...
to the
United States National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
Convocation on Technology and Education on May 10, 1993. * Narration of ''Neuromancer'' for Time Warner Audio Books on 4
audio cassettes The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the tape cassette, cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens ...
(1994) * *
Up the Line
, address to the Directors Guild of America's Digital Day, Los Angeles, May 17, 2003.


References


External links

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Project Cyberpunk's biography and links


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