The Verge:
William Gibson famously coined the term “cyberspace,” and gave us a singular vision of the future in early cyberpunk novels Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive.
During his recent book tour, he took time to talk about writing nonfiction, his love of cities, and his particular view of the present – all delivered in careful, precise words barely tinted with Southern accent.
If you are a science fiction fan, you’ve read and undoubtedly enjoyed Gibson’s work. I once helped him fix his Mac when I lived in Vancouver, BC. and you won’t find a more interesting or gracious guy.
And this was a quite brilliant interview too. Gibson is by far my favorite author right now and getting a peek into how we looks at things is a rare and wonderful joy in my little world. The dude clearly sees things in ways the rest of us rarely or never do, which makes his works all the more interesting.
Really need to read through all his stuff soon. Read Neuromancer again? Yes please!
Agreed. I read those three classics – Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive – about once every couple of years. Love his style.
I’m going to look in Audible.com for the Sprawl Trilogy (Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive.) He’s been really interesting to follow on Twitter. They guy still has is.
Quite the good interview, too. I think I’ll intersperse my reading Iain M. Banks’ books to get in some of the Sprawl Trilogy meanwhile.