Cyberpunk

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William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006.
By Dennis Lim Aug 11, 2007

  • Nodal point

    William Gibson talks about how his new present-day novel, "Pattern Recognition," processes the apocalyptic mind-set of a post-9/11 world.
    By Andrew Leonard February 13, 2003

  • Riding shotgun with William Gibson

    In a new documentary, the archetypal cyberpunk author displays his new obsession: Media, not technology.
    By Andrew Leonard February 7, 2001

  • The ambivalent cyberpunk

    In his epic new novel, Bruce Sterling leaves technophilia behind and sides with humanity.
    By Gavin McNett October 30, 2000

  • The Linux jihad

    Or, what do alien crypto, poststructuralism and virtual private networks all have in common?
    By Andrew Leonard December 15, 2000

  • "All Tomorrow's Parties" by William Gibson

    In his newest novel, the cyberspace visionary stays one step ahead of the future.
    By Frank Houston October 29, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Horowitz takes aim at wrong targets, and misfires. Plus: the bizarre world of advertising; do doctors always know best?
    Letters to the Editor October 4, 1999

  • "An engine of anarchy"

    Ken MacLeod talks about his rebellious youth, his political paradoxes and the visionary power of cyberpunk.
    By Andrew Leonard July 27, 1999

  • A Trotskyist libertarian cyberpunk?

    Ken MacLeod, science fiction's freshest new writer, achieves the highly improbable with wit and style.
    By Andrew Leonard July 27, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers tell British expat Toby Young: Go home; Rudy Rucker defends his novel (and his spirituality).
    Letters to the Editor July 12, 1999

  • "Seek!": Rudy Rucker yearns for gnarliness

    All that exists in that edge between order and disorder is gnarly and delightful, in the latest essays from the sci-fi writer.
    By Etelka Lehoczky June 30, 1999

  • Deep code

    Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of equations in art and the glory of open-source software.
    By Andrew Leonard May 19, 1999

  • You can never read too much into it

    David Cronenberg on the dislocating experience of watching "Existenz," modernist moviemaking and technology as an extension of the human body.
    By Alan E. Rapp April 29, 1999

  • The return of the queen of cyberpunk

    Science fiction novelist Pat Cadigan watches her imagined futures turn real
    By Andrew Leonard November 18, 1998

  • Is cyberpunk still breathing?

    Two new science-fiction novels take a stab at an increasingly moribund genre.
    By Andrew Leonard September 14, 1998
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