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William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American and Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, a category from which he has repeatedly distanced himself. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were noir, near-future stories that…
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TTTA extracted 110 structured relationships around William Gibson. Examples in this analysis include William Gibson → Alma mater → University of British Columbia and William Gibson → Born → William Ford Gibson (1948-03-17) March 17, 1948 (age 78) Conway, South Carolina, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gibson | Alma mater | University of British Columbia | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Born | William Ford Gibson (1948-03-17) March 17, 1948 (age 78) Conway, South Carolina, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Genres | Speculative fiction, science fiction | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Literary movement | Cyberpunk, steampunk, postcyberpunk | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Notable awards | Nebula, Hugo, Philip K. Dick, Ditmar, Seiun (all 1985); Prix Aurora (1995), Inkpot (2016) | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Notable works | Neuromancer (novel, 1984) | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Occupation | Novelist | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Period | 1977–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| William Gibson | Website | williamgibsonbooks.com | 1.00 | infobox |
| Burroughs | instance of | consciously rejected religion and took refuge in reading science fiction as well as writers | 0.80 | text |
| Henry Miller | instance of | consciously rejected religion and took refuge in reading science fiction as well as writers | 0.80 | text |
| instance of | These websites tracked the references and story elements in the novels through online resources | 0.80 | text |
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Source: Wikipedia — William Gibson · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout