William Gibson vs. Daniel Abraham
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
William Gibson
1948 – 2008
William Ford Gibson is a speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, a category from which he has repeatedly distanced himself. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were noir, near-future stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans, a "combination of lowlife and high tech"—and helped to create an iconography for the Information Age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" for "widespread, interconnected digital technology" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (1982), and later popularized the concept, along with his usage of the matrix, in his acclaimed debut novel Neuromancer (1984).
"They were headed inland through a landscape that reminded Milgrim of driving somewhere near Los Angeles, to a destination you wouldn’t be particularly anxious t…"
Daniel Abraham
1924 – 2025
Daniel Abraham may refer to:Daniel Abraham (author), science fiction and fantasy author, who also writes as part of the joint-pseudonym James S.A. Corey Daniel Abraham, Australian rugby league footballer Daniel Abraham (conductor), director of the Bach Sinfonia and director of choral activities at American University in Washington, D.C. S. Daniel Abraham (1924–2025), American businessman Daniel Abraham (cyclist), Dutch-Eritrean cyclist Daniel Abraham (bishop), Indian Bishop of Tirunelveli from 1975 to 1984
"There was a time, Prax knew, that the violence would have bothered him. Not the blood or bodies. He’d spent more than enough time doing dissections and even aut…"
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