The Guardian celebrates the 30th birthday of the science fiction novel Neuromancer by William Gibson, scifi author and technology prophet (according to many). Gibson visits RPI under the cosponsorship of the New York State Writers Institute, on Sunday, November 9th.
More about Gibson's upcoming event: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/programpages/vws.html#Gibson
From the Guardian:
On its release, Neuromancer won the "big three" for science fiction: the Nebula, Philip K Dick and Hugo awards. It sold more than 6m copies and launched an entire aesthetic: cyberpunk. In predicting this future, Gibson can be said to have helped shape our conception of the internet. Other novelists are held in higher esteem by literary critics, but few can claim to have had such a wide-ranging influence. The Wachowskis made The Matrix by mashing Gibson's vision together with that of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander is a facsimile of Molly Millions, the femme fatale in Neuromancer. Every social network, online game or hacking scandal takes us a step closer to the universe Gibson imagined in 1984.
More in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/28/william-gibson-neuromancer-cyberpunk-books
Full schedule of upcoming events: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/programpages/vws.html#lurie
Monday, September 8, 2014
William Gibson, The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, coming to Troy, NY
