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" William Gibson " 下共有 2 篇文章

"If you’ve read a lot of vintage science fiction, as I have at one time or another in my life, you can’t help but realise how wrong we get it. I have gotten it wrong more times than I’ve gotten it right. But I knew that when I started; I knew that before I wrote a word of science fiction."

- William Gibson
Renowned author William Gibson is well-known for his imaginative science fiction novels and short stories. He has a remarkable talent for conjuring up futuristic settings that frequently resemble windows into the present. Gibson's acknowledgement of the frequency with which future predictions fall s…

"My dream scenario would be that you could go into a bookshop, examine copies of every book in print that they’re able to offer, then for a fee have them produce in a minute or two a beautiful finished copy in a dust jacket that you would pay for and take home."

- William Gibson
Prominent author William Gibson is well-known for his science fiction books that examine how society and technology interact. One particularly striking concept he put forth imagines a time when bookshops are converted into interactive environments that let patrons interact with books in entirely new…