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Zero history is the third novel in william gibson s sequence involving the octopus like blue ant pr agency, and its vaguely sinister owner, hubertus bigend. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were noir, nearfuture stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humansa combination of lowlife. Sep 01, 2011 william gibsons most recent novel, zero history, was recently published cory called it an exciting adventure that wakes you to the presentdays futurism. His mother passed away when he was in his late teens. Gibson seems to be navigating the spider graph of current reality as wikiracing does human knowledge.
Count zero is a cyberpunk novel, taking place in a corporateruled future where information is shared in a mass construct called cyberspace. Sep 07, 2010 a conversation with the bestselling author william gibson is an engaging and edifying experience. Turner is a mercenary hired to help a scientist escape from his contract with a large corporation and defect to another corporation. This acclaimed book by william gibson is available at in several formats for your ereader. Read an excerpt from william gibsons new novel, zero history. Scifi writer william gibson reimagines the world after the. He coined the term cyberspace back in 1982 in the short story burning chrome. Count zero sprawl trilogy by gibson, william and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It is the second volume of the sprawl trilogy, which begins with neuromancer and concludes with mona lisa overdrive, and is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre.
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