TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE FATHER OF CYBERPUNK WAS BORN!!!

[🏴‍☠ Capitão Espanto ⚓]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM GIBSON!!! <3 (ty Affronter)

[Affronter]

William*

[Foxtratocaster]

Happy cybirthday, master.

What a dude

[PickleRick]

The Razor Girl's, and Voodoo Boy's, and AI's oh my.

[charly4711]

WOW ... W. G. ... he's the boss. Neuromancer should be mandatory reading in High School.

One of the things that many people still get wrong about Cyberpunk to this day is like he once said in an interview: "When I hear critics say that my books are 'hard and glossy,' I almost want to give up writing. The English reviewers, though, seem to understand that what I'm talking about is what being hard and glossy does to you."

[🏴‍☠ Capitão Espanto ⚓]

My friend he is my HERO, im Brazilian and I`ve meet him with NEUROMANCER... he is fawless... i have 37 i`ve meet him when i was 16

[🏴‍☠ Capitão Espanto ⚓]

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William*

<3

[Phobos]

Just read Neuromancer for the first time past week. It can be difficult to read sometimes depending if you're more or less familiar with the genre to understand some concepts, especially in the middle of the story imo, but it's one hell of a ride.

I can't imagine how people who read it in 1984 reacted seeing how things evolved and how Gibson's vision of technology that didn't exist at the time finally happened years laters... That book is incredible on this aspect.

Anyone who likes Cyberpunk or just CP2077 should read it, at least to see how the book almost created every aspect of the CP universe, so many years ago, and still feels very futuristic and spot on. It's rather short and got a good pace, give it a go.

[PickleRick]

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I can't imagine how people who read it in 1984 reacted seeing how things evolved and how Gibson's vision of technology that didn't exist at the time finally happened years laters...

IIRC Bladerunner came out before it and Will became weary of it's reception as being a ripoff.
Edit: lol context. Yea readers were prepped for it.

[Phobos]

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I can't imagine how people who read it in 1984 reacted seeing how things evolved and how Gibson's vision of technology that didn't exist at the time finally happened years laters...

IIRC Bladerunner came out before it and Will became weary of it's reception as being a ripoff.
Edit: lol context. Yea readers were prepped for it.

Well, to me the only part where you can see Blade Runner was used as an inspiration for Gibson is about the "real" universe and the settings: overall danger, insecurity, japanese urban settings, maybe some body modification but that didn't strike me as much.

Neuromancer is a lot focused on Cyberspace however, much more than reality, I don't really get why it could have been perceived as a ripoff...

A bit off-topic beside that, but if there's some good advices for more CP books and litterature, I'm all ears, I'm not a very regular reader so probably any suggestion will help - except for Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, which obviously are on my upcoming list !

[charly4711]

Bruce Sterling is an obvious suggestion, as is Philip K. ♥♥♥♥.
Maybe Ready Player One too, though the vibe is very different.

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TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE FATHER OF CYBERPUNK WAS BORN!!!

William isn't the creator of Cyberpunk, the genre existed before he was published.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk

Started from the 60s, he is credited for the Cyberpunk genre but this passage of text shows he started his writing career in the late 70s?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson

Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s

This is one of the 1st movies I had experienced as cyberpunk which pre-dates Gibson's work.

https://www.neondystopia.com/cyberpunk-movies-anime/soylent-green-cyberpunks-horrifying-apotheosis/

[Foxtratocaster]

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Bruce Sterling is an obvious suggestion, as is Philip K. ♥♥♥♥.
Maybe Ready Player One too, though the vibe is very different.

Haha his name is banned

[PickleRick]

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IIRC Bladerunner came out before it and Will became weary of it's reception as being a ripoff.
Edit: lol context. Yea readers were prepped for it.

Well, to me the only part where you can see Blade Runner was used as an inspiration for Gibson is about the "real" universe and the settings: overall danger, insecurity, japanese urban settings, maybe some body modification but that didn't strike me as much.

Neuromancer is a lot focused on Cyberspace however, much more than reality, I don't really get why it could have been perceived as a ripoff...

A bit off-topic beside that, but if there's some good advices for more CP books and litterature, I'm all ears, I'm not a very regular reader so probably any suggestion will help - except for Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, which obviously are on my upcoming list !

No, you misunderstood what i said, it's not an opinion. It's fact he said this as well as the fact he was already writing it before bladerunner came out so any notable inspirations are from older scifi/cyberpunk storys.

[n0mad23]

Have to appreciate that W. Gibson wrote Neuromancer on a manual typewriter.

[Old Man Gamer (OMG)]

While Gibson was not the father of the Cyberpunk genre, he did help mold it as we see it today. I never followed it in my youth, but I do find it to be a fascinating genre as a whole. I am all for celebrating the creative minds that add to culture. Fantastic and wholesome post.

For more on the genre:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk