Books by William Gibson
“His powers of prediction are astonishing and in Idoru he predicts ‘fake news’.” Read more...
The best books on Alternative Futures
Catherine Mayer, Politician
“Neuromancer came out in 1984 from the astounding Canadian author, William Gibson. It’s a heist novel. It’s set in a somewhat plausible near future with corporates and AI and cybernetics; where you access the internet through virtual worlds, and where everything is interlinked in a fascinating, rich, really well-developed world. That is why Neuromancer is immensely fun.” Read more...
Interviews where books by William Gibson were recommended
The Best Cyberpunk Novels, recommended by Jared Shurin
Cyberpunk focuses on the near future, and on the impact of technology on human affairs, says Jared Shurin, anthologist and editor of The Big Book of Cyberpunk. He takes us from prescient writers of the past, up to those asking the same questions today: five stories from worlds that are plausible, challenging, and – above all – deeply human.
The best books on Virtual Living, recommended by Aleks Krotoski
‘There was a research study done in the 1960s that identified that people will open themselves up to a stranger on a train and tell them deep personal information they would never tell their closest friends, partially because they have this sense that they can confess.’
The best books on Alternative Futures, recommended by Catherine Mayer
Catherine Mayer—author, journalist and president of the Women’s Equality Party—talks to Five Books about her optimism for a more equal future for society by way of her favourite science fiction visionaries and their work.
