Sep 24, 2010
DCist Interview: William Gibson
On the heels of Zero History‘s release earlier this month, D.C. gets a visit from famed cyberpunk author William Gibson this Sunday, the very last stop on his U.S. book tour. Gibson’s latest novel is the third in a loosely-bound set dubbed the Bigend trilogy, Gibson’s first foray into stories set in present time, where his characters live the with explosion of technology in the 21st century and explore its intended and not-so-intended uses. (The Guardian grandly noted, “There’s no question that, taken together, these three books represent one of the first great novels of 21st-century data culture.”) Gibson took a few minutes to talk with DCist about his new book, writing about imaginary futures and Twitter.