That's something that tends to happen with new technologies… - William Gibson

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That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery.

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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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