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, a category from which he has repeatedly distanced himself. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were 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. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" for "widespread, interconnected digital technology" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (1982), and later popularized the concept, along with his usage of the "matrix", in his acclaimed debut novel Neuromancer (1984). These early works of Gibson's have been credited with "renovating" science fiction literature in the 1980s.
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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
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