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William Gibson
A short companion to a short lecture
Trey Wilson / Garrett Pickering
Early Life
Born in Conway, South Carolina
March 17, 1948 – (60 years)
Gibson spent most of his earlier years in Wytheville, Virginia
Gibson describes Wytheville as sparking his interest in science fiction
The Beginning
Gibson left for Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft, but was never called upon
Attended the University of British Columbia and obtained a degree in English
Wrote short stories around this period, but stopped after obtaining his Master's.
In Canada, Gibson started attending a Science Fiction convention, which grew his interest in the subject
Friends
Gibson ended up meeting with Bruce Sterling, Lewis Shiner, and other authors to expand the cyberpunk theme
He was also influenced by Punk music, which led him to meet John Shirley – a punk musician and author
Many authors and friends credit Gibson's work as being “revolutionary.”
Literary Works(no particular order and not complete)
Notable short stories
The Burning Chrome
Fragments of a Hologram Rose
Johnny Mnemonic
The Difference Engine Books
Neuromancer
Spook Country
Pattern Recognition
Idoru
Count Zero
Gibson's titles have greatly influenced various types of artists, authors, and directors
Influence / Concepts
Heavily influenced the idea of Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk can be described as high tech, low life Drugs, ghettos, and the like, but lots of technology!
Cyberspace
Basically space within an electronic world, ala meta-verses The idea of exploring the “Matrix,” or the cyberworld.
Media
Some works spoke of information streams much like the Internet
Concepts such as the phenomenon of Lonelygirl15 Gibson supposedly predicted the popularity of “reality tv”
The End(and a depiction of the Sprawl or something)
Links to the Videos
http://www.vimeo.com/1481079http://www.vimeo.com/1480402