William Gibson and the Future of Contemporary Culture Paperback / softback
Edited by Mitch R. Murray, Mathias Nilges
Part of the New American Canon series
Paperback / softback
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.
It is high time for a book that explores the significance and wide-ranging impact of Gibson's fiction. In the 1970s and 80s, Gibson, the 'Godfather of Cyberpunk,' rejuvenated science fiction.
In groundbreaking works such as Neuromancer, which changed science fiction as we knew it, Gibson provided us with a language and imaginary through which it became possible to make sense of the newly emerging world of globalization and the digital and media age.
Ever since, Gibson's reformulation of science fiction has provided us not just with radically innovative visions of the future but indeed with trenchant analyses of our historical present and of the emergence and exhaustion of possible futures. Contributors: Maria Alberto, Andrew M. Butler, Amy J. Elias, Christian Haines, Kylie Korsnack, Mathias Nilges, Malka Older, Aron Pease, Lisa Swanstrom, Takayuki Tatsumi, Sherryl Vint, Phillip E.
Wegner, Roger Whitson, Charles Yu
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:290 pages, 8 black & white figures, 2 tables
- Publisher:University of Iowa Press
- Publication Date:30/03/2021
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- ISBN:9781609387488
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:290 pages, 8 black & white figures, 2 tables
- Publisher:University of Iowa Press
- Publication Date:30/03/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781609387488
