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William Gibson

Canada (b.1948)

William Gibson is the award-winning author of Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, The Difference Engine, with Bruce Sterling, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties and Pattern Recognition. William Gibson lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Awards: Nebula (2019), Hugo (1985), Dick (1984) see all

Genres: Science Fiction

Series

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

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

Blue Ant Trilogy
   1. Pattern Recognition (2002)
   2. Spook Country (2006)
   3. Zero History (2010)

Jackpot Trilogy
1. The Peripheral (2014)
2. Agency (2019)

Novels

The Difference Engine (1990) (with Bruce Sterling)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Collections

Burning Chrome (1986)
#cyberpunkNOW and the Dystopian Moment: The London Reader, Volume One (2020) (with others)

Series contributed to

Alien Movies
Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay (2018) (with Johnnie Christmas)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by William Gibson

The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 1 (2023)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 1)
edited by
Jared Shurin

The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016)
edited by
Ann Vandermeer and Jeff VanderMeer

Twelve Tomorrows 2014 (2014)
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Bruce Sterling

More books

Awards

	2019 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
	1995 Aurora Award for Best Novel : Virtual Light
	1989 Aurora Award for Best Novel : Mona Lisa Overdrive
	1985 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Neuromancer
	1984 Philip K Dick Award : Neuromancer
	1984 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Neuromancer

Award nominations

	2021 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Agency
	2017 Aurora Award for Best of the Decade (nominee) : Pattern Recognition
	2015 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Peripheral
	2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Peripheral
	2015 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Peripheral
	2011 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Zero History
	2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Zero History
	2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Spook Country
	2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Pattern Recognition
	2004 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Pattern Recognition
	2003 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Pattern Recognition
	2000 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : All Tomorrow's Parties
	1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Idoru
	1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Virtual Light
	1994 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Virtual Light
	1994 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Virtual Light
	1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Difference Engine
	1992 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Difference Engine
	1992 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Difference Engine
	1991 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Difference Engine
	1991 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Difference Engine
	1990 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Difference Engine
	1989 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Mona Lisa Overdrive
	1989 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Mona Lisa Overdrive
	1988 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Mona Lisa Overdrive
	1988 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Mona Lisa Overdrive
	1987 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Winter Market
	1987 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Count Zero
	1987 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Burning Chrome
	1987 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Winter Market
	1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Count Zero
	1987 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The Winter Market
	1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
	1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Count Zero
	1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
	1986 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Count Zero
	1985 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Neuromancer
	1985 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Neuromancer
	1985 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Neuromancer
	1985 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Neuromancer
	1984 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Neuromancer
	1983 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Burning Chrome [short story]
	1982 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Johnny Mnemonic [short story]

William Gibson recommends

Stormland (2021)
John Shirley
"One of our best and most singular writers. A powerhouse of ideas and imagery."

Autonomous (2017)
Annalee Newitz
"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV - and all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling."

Tropic of Kansas (2017)
Christopher Brown
"Futurist as provocateur! The world is sheer batshit genius . . . a truly hallucinatorily envisioned environment."

Zoo City (2010)
Lauren Beukes
"Lauren Beukes is very, *very* good... it feels effortless, utterly accomplished."

Sandman Slim (2009)
(Sandman Slim, book 1)
Richard Kadrey
"An addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-assed masterpiece... Sweet."

Halting State (2007)
(Halting State, book 1)
Charles Stross
"As keenly observant of our emergent society as it is of our emergent technologies. Halting State is one extremely smart species of fun."

Anansi Boys (2005)
(American Gods, book 2)
Neil Gaiman
"A writer of rare perception and endless imagination."

Strange Itineraries (2005)
Tim Powers
"Tim Powers is a brilliant writer."

The John Varley Reader (2004)
John Varley
"Quite literally unforgettable."

The Zenith Angle (2004)
Bruce Sterling
"A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, uber-geek idealism and the politics of Homeland Insecurity. Sterling's grasp of the surfaces of contemporary reality is deftly prehensile; his understanding of what underlies those surfaces is both compelling and important."

Eastern Standard Tribe (2004)
Cory Doctorow
"Utterly contemporary and deeply peculiar - a hard combination to beat."

As Above, So Below (2002)
Rudy Rucker
"A delightful book, one that carries us through the sixteenth-century picture-plane at extraordinary angles, illuminating Bruegel, his art and his world, with warmth and candor."

Lord Soho (2002)
Richard Calder
"Dark, edgy and inflicted with just the right degree of lyricism."

Tea from an Empty Cup (1998)
(Artificial Reality Division, book 1)
Pat Cadigan
"Her fiction is ambitious and brilliantly executed. Cadigan is a major talent."

Mockingbird (1998)
Sean Stewart
"Sean Stewart is a talent to watch."

Chaos Come Again (1996)
Wilhelmina Baird
"A killer eye for twisted technological detail."

The Last Coin (1988)
(Christian Trilogy, book 1)
James P Blaylock
"Blaylock is a singular American fabulist."

Force Majeure (1988)
Bruce Wagner
"As knowing a novel of late-twentieth century Hollywood as one is likely to encounter, brilliantly detailed and remorselessly funny. Mr Wagner is a major talent."

Little Heroes (1987)
Norman Spinrad
"Ferocious and funny, street smart and heartfelt."

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