Author · born 1948
William Gibson
William Gibson is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948). Born in Conway.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by William Gibson, mostly steampunk and time-travel fiction. They span 1990 to 2020. The most-read is The Difference Engine (1990).
Books by William Gibson
The Difference Engine
William Gibson, Bruce Sterling
Agency
William Gibson
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 1994 — Best Novel, Virtual Light (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1989 — Best Novel, Mona Lisa Overdrive (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1987 — Best Novel, Count Zero (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, The Winter Market (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1986 — Best Novelette, Dogfight (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1985 — Best Novel, Neuromancer (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1992 — Best Novel, The Difference Engine (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1989 — Best Novel, Mona Lisa Overdrive (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1987 — Best Novel, Count Zero (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, The Winter Market (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1986 — Best Novelette, Dogfight (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1985 — Best Novel, Neuromancer (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1983 — Best Novelette, Burning Chrome (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1982 — Best Short Story, Johnny Mnemonic (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Agency (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Peripheral (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2013 — Locus Poll Award, Distrust That Particular Flavor (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Zero History (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2008 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Spook Country (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2004 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Pattern Recognition (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2000 — Best Science Fiction Novel, All Tomorrow's Parties (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1997 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Idoru (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Virtual Light (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1992 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Difference Engine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1992 — Best Short Story, Skinner's Room (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1991 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Difference Engine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1989 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Mona Lisa Overdrive (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Collection, Burning Chrome (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, The Winter Market (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1987 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Count Zero (nominee)
Biography
William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, *Neuromancer* (1984). In envisaging cyberspace, Gibson created an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. He is also credited with predicting the rise of reality television and with establishing the conceptual foundations for the rapid growth of virtual environments such as video games and the Web. ([Source][1]) Photo by [FredArmitage][2] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson [2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredarmitage/1057613629/