Cyberpunk

Now romancer
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.
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.
Riding shotgun with William Gibson
In a new documentary, the archetypal cyberpunk author displays his new obsession: Media, not technology.
The Linux jihad
Or, what do alien crypto, poststructuralism and virtual private networks all have in common?
The ambivalent cyberpunk
In his epic new novel, Bruce Sterling leaves technophilia behind and sides with humanity.
"All Tomorrow's Parties" by William Gibson
In his newest novel, the cyberspace visionary stays one step ahead of the future.
Letters to the Editor
Horowitz takes aim at wrong targets, and misfires. Plus: the bizarre world of advertising; do doctors always know best?
"An engine of anarchy"
Ken MacLeod talks about his rebellious youth, his political paradoxes and the visionary power of cyberpunk.
A Trotskyist libertarian cyberpunk?
Ken MacLeod, science fiction's freshest new writer, achieves the highly improbable with wit and style.
Letters to the Editor
Readers tell British expat Toby Young: Go home; Rudy Rucker defends his novel (and his spirituality).
"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.
Deep code
Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of equations in art and the glory of open-source software.
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.
The return of the queen of cyberpunk
Science fiction novelist Pat Cadigan watches her imagined futures turn real
Is cyberpunk still breathing?
Two new science-fiction novels take a stab at an increasingly moribund genre.

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