William Gibson Quotes

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)

William Ford Gibson (born 17 March 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). Gibson's novels are grouped into four informal trilogies:

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Was it Laurie Anderson who said that VR would never look real until they learned how to put some dirt in it?

He never saw Molly again.

The nature of friendship is such that you never know who will turn out to be your friends, but once you have met them you can’t imagine that you could have gone through life without ever knowing them.

All the meat, he thought, and all it wants.

They’re still a bit in advance of the pandemics, at least.” She took the seat opposite. “Nothing before the 2020s has ever seemed entirely real, to me. Hard to imagine they weren’t constantly happy, given all they still had. Tigers, for instance.” Picking

And don't forget to water the fuckin' goldfish.

It was the root of street cool, too, the knowing posture that implied connection, invisible lines up to the hidden levels of influence.

The faces he woke up with in the worlds hotels were like God's own hood ornaments. Women's sleeping faces, identical and alone, naked, aimed straight out to the void.

Be quiet, darling. Let pattern recognition have its way.

When you raise the dead, they bring their baggage.

If you fancy resenting the tedious, I recommend intentional communities, particularly those led by charismatics.” “You

Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple. Sense doesn’t come into it. People are more scared of how complicated shit actually is than they ever are about whatever’s supposed to be behind the conspiracy.

You will come with us. We are at home with situations of legal ambiguity. The treaties under which our arm of the Registry operates grant us a great deal of flexibility. And we create flexibility, in situations where it is required.

You can’t get clever men to fight such a system, as it makes too much sense to ’em.

"Change is happening and old structures are falling in the form of a "Death of a Thousand Cuts." In other words one grand act is not occuring but a multitude of small expressions on the part of individuals, both slowly and swiftly taking the place of heirarchy and history."