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Chicago Humanities Festival

William Gibson: Technology’s Tomorrow

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  • ABOUT William Gibson

    William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (1982) and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). Gibson earned his B.A. at the University of British Columbia in 1977.

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  • ABOUT Bill Savage

    Bill Savage is a senior lecturer in English at Northwestern University. He co-edited the 50th anniversary critical edition of Algren's The Man with the Golden Arm and the newly annotated edition of Chicago: City on the Make. In addition, he is a series editor for Chicago Visions + Revisions. Savage is the recipient of the James Friend Memorial Award in Literary Criticism from the Society of Midland Authors, and the 2004-2005 Distinguished Teaching Award from Northwestern's School for Continuing Studies.

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It’s hard to believe that the concept of cyberspace is almost 30 years old. William Gibson, the writer responsible for naming our then nearly unimaginable digital networks, is the prescient and critically acclaimed author of Neuromancer, Pattern Recognition, and last year’s Zero History. In conversation with Northwestern University’s Bill Savage, Gibson discusses both his work and the future of science fiction.

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This program is presented in partnership with the Theatre & Interpretation Center, Northwestern University.

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