The works of William Gibson encompass novels, short fiction, screenplays, an artist's book, journalistic articles, and contributions to performance art. This does not include adaptations of his work by other parties.
Novels
- Sprawl trilogy:
- Neuromancer (1984)
- Count Zero (1986)
- Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)
- The Difference Engine (1990; with Bruce Sterling)
- Bridge trilogy:
- Virtual Light (1993)
- Idoru (1996)
- All Tomorrow's Parties (1999)
- Pattern Recognition (2003)
- Spook Country (2007)
Short fiction
Collected
Burning Chrome (1986, Preface by Bruce Sterling):
- "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" (Summer 1977, UnEarth 3)
- "Johnny Mnemonic" (May 1981, Omni)
- "The Gernsback Continuum" (1981, Universe 11)
- "Hinterlands" (October 1981, Omni)
- "New Rose Hotel" (July 1984, Omni)
- "The Belonging Kind", with John Shirley (1981, Shadows 4)
- "Burning Chrome" (July 1982, Omni)
- "Red Star, Winter Orbit", with Bruce Sterling (July 1983, Omni)
- "The Winter Market" (Nov 1985, Vancouver)
- "Dogfight", with Michael Swanwick (July 1985, Omni)
Uncollected
- "The Silver Walks" (a chapter excerpted from Mona Lisa Overdrive) in High Times, November 1987[1]
- "Tokyo Collage" in SF Eye, August 1988.
- "Tokyo Suite" in Penthouse (Japanese edition) 1988/5-7. Translated by Hisashi Kuroma.
- "Hippy Hat Brain Parasite" in Rucker, Rudy (1989). Semiotext[[E]] Sf. Brooklyn: Autonomedia. pp. 109–122. ISBN 0936756438.
- "The Nazi Lawn Dwarf Murders" (unpublished)[2]
- "Doing Television" in Dorsey, Candas Jane (1989). Tesseracts 3. Victoria: Porcépic. pp. 392–394. ISBN 9780888782908.
- "Darwin" (a slightly longer version of "Doing Television") in The Face, March 1990,[1] and Spin, April 1990, 21-23.[3][4]
- "The Angel of Goliad" (the first portion of The Difference Engine), with Bruce Sterling in Interzone #40, October 1990.[1]
- "Skinner's Room" in Polledri, Paolo (1990). Visionary San Francisco. Munich: Prestal. pp. 153–65. ISBN 3791310607.
- "Academy Leader" in Benedikt, Michael (1991). Cyberspace. Cambridge: MIT Press. pp. 27–29. ISBN 0262521776.
- "Cyber-Claus" in Hartwell, David (1992). Christmas Stars. New York: Tor Books. ISBN 0812522869.
- "Where the Holograms Go" in Trilling, Roger (1993). Wild Palms Reader. City: St Martins Pr. pp. 122–23. ISBN 0312090838.
- "Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City" in Aldiss, Brian (1997). New Worlds. Clarkston: White Wolf Pub. pp. 338–349. ISBN 1565041909. Republished in Kelly, James (2007). Rewired: the Post-Cyberpunk Anthology. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications. ISBN 9781892391537.
Screenplays
- Johnny Mnemonic
- "Kill Switch", "First Person Shooter". The X-Files. (1998, 2000).[6]
Unrealized
- Burning Chrome – adaptation of "Burning Chrome" (1982)[7]
- Neuro-Hotel[7]
- Alien³ (late 1980s)[7]
- Untitled Rashid Nugmanov/Victor Tsoi collaboration[5]
- Untitled Sogo Ishii collaboration[8]
Screen appearances
Acting appearances
- Wild Palms. (1993)[9]
- Mon amour mon parapluie. (2002)[10]
- "First Person Shooter", X-Files (2000)
Documentary films
- Cyberpunk (1990)
- No Maps for These Territories (2000)
- Cyberman (2001)
Television appearances
- Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993)
- Making of Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- The X-Files Movie Special (1998)
- "The Screen Savers", 2003-02-05. (2003)
- Bestseller samtalen (2003)
- Webnation Episode 1.14. (2007)
Articles
- "Alfred Bester, SF and Me", (ar) Frontier Crossings, ed. Robert Jackson, Conspiracy ’87 1987
- "Rocket Radio" (1989), Rolling Stone, June 15, 1989
- "Disneyland With The Death Penalty" (1993), Wired , 1.04
- "Remembering Johnny: Notes on a Process" (1995), 'Wired, 3.06, June 1995.
- "The Net Is a Waste of Time…and That's Exactly What's Right About It" (1996), New York Times Magazine 1996-07-14: 31.
- "'Virtual Lit': A Discussion" (1996) Biblion: The Bulletin of The New York Public Library, Fall 1996: 33-51.[3]
- "Jack Womak [sic] and the Horned Heart of Neuropa" (1997) Science Fiction Eye, Fall 1997.
- "Dead Man Sings" (1998) Forbes ASAP, 30 November, 1998 supp.: 177.
- "William Gibson's fiction of cyber-eternity may become a reality." (1999) HQ issue 63 : 122, March 1, 1999.
- "My Obsession" (1999), Wired, 7.01
- "William Gibson's Filmless Festival" (1999), Wired, 7.10
- "Steely Dan's Return" (2000) Addicted To Noise Issue 6.03, March 1, 2000
- "Will We Plug Chips Into Our Brains?" (2000) TIME, June 19, 2000.
- "Modern boys and mobile girls". The Japan issue. The Observer. 2001-04-01. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
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- "My Own Private Tokyo" (2001), Wired, 9.09
- "Blasted Dreams in Mr. Buk's Window" (2001), National Post, 2001-09-20
- "Shiny Balls Of Mud" (2002), Tate Magazine, issue 1, September/October 2002. OCLC 33825791 ISSN 1351-3737
- "The Road to Oceania" (2003), The New York Times, 2003-06-25
- "Time Machine Cuba" (2004), Infinite Matrix, August 8, 2004
- "God's Little Toys" (2005), Wired, 13.7
- "U2's City of Blinding Lights" (2005), Wired, 13.8
Forewords, introductions and afterwords
- Shirley, John (1989). Heatseeker. Santa Cruz: Scream/Press. ISBN 9780910489263.
- Datlow, Ellen (1990). Alien Sex. New York: Dutton. ISBN 0525248633.
- Delany, Samuel (1996). Dhalgren. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819562998.
- Shirley, John (1996). City Come a-Walkin'. City: Eyeball Books. ISBN 9780964250512.[11]
- Sterling, Bruce (1997). The Artificial Kid. Hardwired. ISBN 9781888869163.
- Davidson, Avram (1998). The Avram Davidson Treasury. New York: Tor. ISBN 9780312867294.
- Carter, Chris (1998). The Art of the X Files. New York: HarperPrism. ISBN 978-0-06105037-4.
- Wachowski, Larry (2000). The Art of the Matrix. Titan Books. ISBN 9781840231731.
- Turner, Michael (2004). American Whiskey Bar. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 9781551521596.
- Gunn, Eileen (2004). Stable Strategies and Others. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications. ISBN 189239118X.
- Smith, Marquard (2005). Stelarc: The Monograph. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262195188.
- Borges, Jorge (2007). Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings. New York: New Directions. ISBN 978-0-81121699-9.
- Girard, Greg (2007). Phantom Shanghai. Magenta Foundation. ISBN 978-0-97397391-4.
Miscellaneous
- Count Zero shortened and bowdlerised[12] serialization illustrated by J. K. Potter, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January, February, March 1986 issues
- Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) (1992)—an artist's book
- Lyrics, vocals. Technodon, Yellow Magic Orchestra. (1993)[13]
- Lyrics. "Dog Star Girl", Debravation. Deborah Harry. (1993)[14]
- "Speeches on Networking and the Future", joint address with Bruce Sterling to the U.S National Academy of Sciences Convocation on Technology and Education on May 10, 1993.
- Narration of Neuromancer for Time Warner Audio Books on 4 audio cassettes (1994)
- Johnny Mnemonic: the Screenplay and the Story. New York: Ace Books. ISBN 978-0-44100234-4. (1995)
- "Up the Line", address to the Directors Guild of America's Digital Day, Los Angeles, May 17, 2003.
References
- ^ a b c Brown, Charles N. (2004-07-10). "Stories, Listed by Author". The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998). Retrieved 2007-10-29.
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This story originally appeared in a Canadian 'zine, Virus 23, 1989.
- ^ a b "Bibliography of Works By William Gibson". Centre for Language and Literature. Athabasca University. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
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(help) - ^ S. Page. "William Gibson Bibliography / Mediagraphy". Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ a b Gibson, William (2003-03-06). "Victor Tsoi". Retrieved 2007-12-03.
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(help) - ^ "Tom Maddox Unreal-Time Chat". Shop Talk. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ a b c Gibson, William (1994). (Interview). Interviewed by Giuseppe Salza http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/235. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
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(help) - ^ Gibson, William (2006-07-22). "Where The Holograms Go". Retrieved 2007-11-26.
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(help) - ^ "Cast". Mon Amour Mon Parapluie. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ Gibson, William (1996-03-31). "Foreword to City Come a-walkin'". Retrieved 2007-05-01.
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(help) - ^ "Shameless Self-Promotion: The Letter Column". Ansible 45. February 1986.
- ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodon". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ Pener, Degen (1993-08-22). "EGOS & IDS; Deborah Harry Is Low-Key -- And Unblond". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
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External links
- William Gibson at IMDb
- William Gibson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Project Cyberpunk's biography and links
- Resources on William Gibson from the Monroe Library, Loyola University
- William Gibson Aleph An extensive fan site