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William Gibson

Writing

Born March 17, 1948 · Conway, South Carolina, USA

Also known as William Ford Gibson · William F. Gibson

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Biography

William Ford Gibson is an American and Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were bleak, noir, near-future stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans—a "combination of lowlife and high tech"—and helped to create an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s.

Awards & recognition

  • Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award · 2019
  • Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award · 2018
  • Inkpot Award · 2016
  • Locus Poll Award · 2013
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame · 2008
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  • Aurora Awards · 1995
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award · 1992
  • Aurora Awards · 1989
  • Seiun Award — Best Translated Long Work · 1987
  • Ditmar Award · 1985
  • Hugo Award — Best Novel · 1985
  • Nebula Award — Best Novel · 1985
  • Philip K. Dick Award · 1985
  • Science Fiction Chronicle Award · 1985
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2021 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2015 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2011 · nominated
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — Best Foreign Novel · 2009 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2008 · nominated
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — Best Foreign Novel · 2006 · nominated
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award · 2004 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2004 · nominated
  • BSFA Award — Best Novel · 2003 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2000 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1997 · nominated
  • Hugo Award — Best Novel · 1994 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1994 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Short Story · 1992 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1992 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Novel · 1992 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1991 · nominated
  • BSFA Award — Best Novel · 1990 · nominated
  • Hugo Award — Best Novel · 1989 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1989 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Novel · 1989 · nominated
  • Hugo Award — Best Novel · 1987 · nominated
  • Hugo Award — Best Novelette · 1987 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Collection · 1987 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Novelette · 1987 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1987 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Novelette · 1987 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Novel · 1987 · nominated
  • BSFA Award — Best Novel · 1986 · nominated
  • BSFA Award — Best Short Fiction · 1986 · nominated
  • Hugo Award — Best Novelette · 1986 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Novelette · 1986 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Novelette · 1986 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best First Novel · 1985 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Short Story · 1985 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1985 · nominated
  • BSFA Award — Best Novel · 1984 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Novelette · 1984 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Novelette · 1983 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Novelette · 1983 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Short Story · 1982 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Novelette · 1982 · nominated
  • Nebula Award — Best Short Story · 1982 · nominated

Filmography7 titles

The X-Files

1993Writer

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2020as Author William Gibson

The Peripheral

2022Novel

The Real History of Science Fiction

as Himself

No Maps for These Territories

2000as Self

Johnny Mnemonic

1995Screenplay, Short Story

New Rose Hotel

1998Short Story