Why is William Gibson at BookPeople Tonight?

Because you should definitely distrust that particular flavor

"...ironic than technical problems with phones when you're interviewing William Gibson?..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cyberpunk

"...Directed by: Mariann Trench. Starring: William Gibson, Timothy Leary, Vernon Reid and Jaron Lanier. Cyberjoke..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Soon Is Now?

William Gibson talks about the short shelf life of cyberpunk.

"...William Gibson, the godfather of cyberpunk, knows virtual reality. His..."

June 6, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson wrote this screenplay from his short story about the perils of cyberspace in the 21st century.

"...artist Robert Longo comes his film debut based on William Gibson's short story (Gibson also wrote the screenplay) about..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tales of ArmadilloCons Past

How to deal with a silent William Gibson.

"...noticed they had been joined by a silent acquaintance. "William Gibson is standing right there next to the two..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Braveheart

Gibson directs and stars in this rousing 13th century epic about the Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace.

"...Directed by: Mel Gibson. Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack,..."

May 26, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Zero History

The onetime king of modern sci-fi is becoming less Ray Bradbury and more John le Carré

"...Zero Historyby William Gibson Putnam, 416 pp., $26.95..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

All Tomorrow's Parties

"...All Tomorrow's Partiesby William Gibson..."

June 16, 2000 Books Review by Sidney Moody

Maverick

"...Directed by: Richard Donner. Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, James Coburn and..."

May 27, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New In Print

"...Pattern Recognitionby William Gibson..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. Neuromancer by William Gibson..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Column

Thirteen Notes for Another Future Passed

So science fiction doesn't predict the future, its visions of tomorrow can still be filled with beauty

"...Carr, included "The Gernsback Continuum," a short story by William Gibson. The story concerns a contemporary man haunted by..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Future’s So Dark I Gotta Wear Mirror-Shades

On cyberpunk

"...theatres, in 1995, of Robert Longo's film adaptation of William Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic. Any genre codified in the flesh..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Payback

"...Brian Helgeland. Starring: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bill Duke, William Devane, Deborah Kara Unger, Lucy Liu, David Paymer, Maria..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freaked

A young Hollywood pitchman (Winter – also the film's co-writer and co-director) finds himself at the mercy of a backwoods mad scientist (Randy Quaid).

"...Stern and Alex Winter. Starring: Alex Winter, Randy Quaid, William Sadler, Megan Ward, Mr. T and Brooke Shields. Originally..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Because you want to supercharge your time in this world, don’t you?

"...cyberpunk wannabe and still faintly glowing from having interviewed William Gibson a few years ago. But this is an..."

Sept. 5, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Maker Faire Austin Returns

Celebration of DIY tech & creation lights up the Palmer Events Center

"...Because, among the many things that William Gibson’s oeuvre has made clear to us, possibly the..."

May 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lit-urday: Quantum Ops and Sentient Ink

Meanwhile, deep in the vat-grown heart of a dystopian NYC

"...Been a whole lot of cyberpunk going on since William Gibson spiked the genre with his Neuromancer back in..."

June 28, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Group Show

Among the many reasons to see this show: Randall Reid's evocative sign collages

"...They're like something from a William Gibson novel, we tend to think. Not something from..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dark Forces Gathering

ArmadilloCon 32

"...in the mid-Eighties, when cyberpunk was the bleeding edge, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling served as back-to-back guests of..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Science Fiction Gets the Vapors

On steampunk

"...fiction of Tim Powers, James P. Blaylock, and others. William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's 1990 novel, The Difference Engine,..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Science-Fiction Authors to Scan Darkly

ST 37 captain Scott Telles pulls five notables off the SF bookshelf.

"...to: The Baroque Cycle, a recently completed three-volume work. William Gibson..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by S.L. Telles

Paprika

The multilayered Paprika, the newest animated film from Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers) captures the childlike, helter-skelter chaos and curiosity of the human mind better than any other animated film.

"...end-time observations that put Yanks like Bruce Sterling and William Gibson on the literary cyber-map. In the multilayered world..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...was the 12 members of the grand jury." – William Gibson, foreman of the Travis County grand jury that..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

This new anime import marks a break with the Japanese traditions and invents a wholly original and kittenish appeal.

"...of the genre: no Blade Runner-esque cityscapes, no impenetrable William Gibson futurism, no multitentacled sex demons, and no motorcycles,..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...Void, due in April on Matador, takes inspiration from William Gibson's Neuromancer, a cyberpunk thriller that envisions a paranoid,..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Virtual Footnotes

"...William Gibson, author of Neuromancer,is credited with the creation of..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...speculative fiction. Of what eventually led, after East Coaster William Gibson had galvanized the field, after enough tons of..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...sucker punch of morphine and Dilaudid (and by extension, William S. Burroughs)...."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

How Mr. Denton Spent His Summer Vacation

"...projects, he's wrapping up a short story that includes William S. Burroughs. Burroughs, like Denton, is late of Lawrence,..."

July 31, 1998 Books Feature by Mike Shea

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