Today is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com">William Gibson's </a>Birthday!
For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the past twenty years, or have been freshly cloned, <a target="_blank" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=fantasistnet&keyw… Gibson</a> is the primary progenitor of the cyberpunk movement. He's generally credited with coining the term "cyberspace" and popularizing a somewhat more realistic, if somewhat bleak, view of the future.
He also ran away to Canada in 1968 to avoid the draft. Which is the only bad thing I can say about him. I otherwise admire his work and thought processes. Certainly his literature is beyond compare. I admire his work very much and occasionally will reread some of his short stories, just to capture the feel of his prose.
Anyway, celebrate his birthday with a little science-fiction in thanks for what he's done for the genre.
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