Time moves in one direction, memory another. We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting. - William Gibson

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Time moves in one direction, memory another. We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting.

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About William Gibson

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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