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Understanding William Gibson
Gerald Miller
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Description for Understanding William Gibson
Offers a thoughtful examination of the life and work of William Gibson, author of eleven novels and twenty short stories. This study situates Gibson as a major figure in both science fiction history and contemporary American fiction, and it traces how his aesthetic affected both areas of literature. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
Gerald Alva Miller Jr.'s Understanding William Gibson is a thoughtful examination of the life and work of William Gibson, author of eleven novels and twenty short stories. Gibson is the recipient of many notable awards for science fiction writing including the Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick awards. Gibson's iconic novel, Neuromancer, popularized the concept of cyberspace. With his early stories and his first trilogy of novels,Gibson became the father figure for a new genre of science fiction called ""cyberpunk"" that brought a gritty realism to its cerebral plots involving hackers and artificial intelligences.
This study situates Gibson as ... Read more
Gerald Alva Miller Jr.'s Understanding William Gibson is a thoughtful examination of the life and work of William Gibson, author of eleven novels and twenty short stories. Gibson is the recipient of many notable awards for science fiction writing including the Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick awards. Gibson's iconic novel, Neuromancer, popularized the concept of cyberspace. With his early stories and his first trilogy of novels,Gibson became the father figure for a new genre of science fiction called ""cyberpunk"" that brought a gritty realism to its cerebral plots involving hackers and artificial intelligences.
This study situates Gibson as ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Understanding Contemporary American Literature
Number of Pages
168
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781611176339
SKU
V9781611176339
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About Gerald Miller
Gerald Alva Miller, Jr. has a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and specializes in twentieth-century American literature, critical theory, film studies, science fiction, and horror. He is an English instructor at Alamance Community College in Graham, North Carolina, and he is the author of a theoretical study of science fiction entitled Exploring ... Read more
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