Conversations with William Gibson / edited by Patrick A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Patrick A., 1967- editor.

Series:

Literary conversations series.

Literary Conversations Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists, American--20th century--Interviews.

Novelists, American.

Gibson, William, 1948---Interviews.

Gibson, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jackson, Mississippi : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<![CDATA[ ""After reading Neuromancer for the first time,"" literary scholar Larry McCaffery wrote, ""I knew I had seen the future of [science fiction] (and maybe of literature in general), and its name was William Gibson."" McCaffery was right. Gibson's 1984 debut is one of the most celebrated SF novels of the last half century, and in a career spanning more than three decades, the American Canadian science fiction writer and reluctant futurist responsible for introducing ""cyberspace"" into the lexicon has published nine other novels. Editor Patrick A. Smith draws the twenty-three inter

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Eye to Eye: An Interview with William Gibson; An Interview with William Gibson; Conversation with William Gibson; Queen Victoria's Personal Spook, Psychic Legbreakers, Snakes, and Catfood: An Interview with William Gibson and Tom Maddox; ""The Charisma Leak"": A Conversation with William Gibson and Bruce Sterling; An Interview with William Gibson: Virtual Light Tour; William Gibson Interview; The Man Who Named Cyberspace: An Interview with William Gibson; William Gibson, Webmaster; William Gibson Interview; William Gibson Interview

An Interview with William GibsonWilliam Gibson: Waiting for the Man; William Gibson Interview Transcript; Redefining William Gibson; William Gibson: The Father of Cyberpunk; Futuristic Fantasy Lives Now for Author William Gibson; Space to Think; Interview: William Gibson; William Gibson Talks to io9 about Canada, Draft Dodging, and Godzilla; William Gibson: The Art of Fiction No. 211; Why William Gibson Distrusts Aging Futurists' Nostalgia; William Gibson: The Complete io9 Interview; Key Resources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4968-0968-8

1-62846-016-4

1-62674-039-9

OCLC:

858778366