Description: William Gibson is frequently described as one of the most influential writers of the past few decades, yet his body of work has only been studied partially and without full recognition of its implications for literature and culture beyond science fiction. William Gibson and the Futures of Contemporary Literature explores the significance and wide-ranging impact of Gibson's fiction.
Review Quotes: "Knee-deep in the Jackpot, with nothing but a Hermes 2000 portable typewriter, precise observation, and surgical prose, William Gibson, a one-man singularity, somehow made it all new. Nothing now looks the same. This excellent collection returns the favor: Gibson, historicized, is the Gibson we already knew, but the timeline is not what we imagined."--Mark Bould, University of the West of England, Bristol