The new novel, a sequel to The Peripheral, plays with timelines, identity, politics and what it means to be in control. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, ...

About 40 years into one of the most important and influential careers in post-war science fiction, it’s not unreasonable to suggest that William Gibson’s novels fall into a particular pattern. He ...

Right now, across higher ed land, William Gibson’s latest novel, Agency, is being read for clues about our possible futures. Gibson famously said, “The future is already here. It’s just not very ...

In Agency, Gibson’s unequaled sequel to The Peripheral (2014), characters return from the future, virtually and with a vengeance. Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund ...

This week, Google/Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai argued that we need to regulate artificial intelligence and also suggested a temporary ban on facial recognition technology. Microsoft President Brad Smith ...

William Gibson does not write novels, he makes bombs. Careful, meticulous, clockwork explosives on long timers. Their first lines are their cores — dangerous, unstable reactant mass so packed with ...

OVER the past couple of years, a meme has emerged according to which we inhabit “the worst timeline”. Buried in this social media snark is the fear that time is actually running out for us on this ...

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