Tag: William Gibson
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Review: The Peripheral
In case it’s not obvious, William Gibson is one of my favorite authors. Coming off the excellent “Blue Ant” trilogy, we had to wait only a few years for The Peripheral, published in 2014. That wouldn’t be the case for the followup, Agency, but that’s another review. The Peripheral divides its story into two futuristic…
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William Gibson got the idea for ‘cyberspace’ from listening to his Walkman
The New Yorker had the scoop back in 2019: He lived in Vancouver, and when he explored the city at night, listening to Joy Division, he felt as though the music were being transmitted directly into his brain, where it could merge with his perceptions of skyscrapers and slums. His wife, Deborah, was a graduate…