William Gibson is one of the brightest stars of modern American prose, the founder of the cyberpunk style - a style that not only revolutionized genre literature in the 1980s, but also reverberated with serious upheavals throughout the entire literary spectrum. The writer was born on March 17, 1948 in Conway, South Carolina. By education, Gibson is a specialist in English literature. William Gibson's writing career began in 1977, and already from his first attempts at writing, it became clear that Gibson was not at all going to write mainstream, but rather was inclined to experiment with then-new themes... Since then, his works have almost all the elements of cyberpunk: a dynamic plot , all-powerful corporations, high technology and hackers, or, as he called them, “console cowboys”. And, finally, the most important thing is the Infomatrix, a global computer network, an indispensable attribute and condition for the existence of the society of the near future in which its heroes live. Gibson's innovation manifested itself in a complete revision of the formula of the future that science fiction adhered to at the time. Instead of the classical scheme “space - robots - atomic energy”, he used “computer networks - biotechnology - virtual reality”. Once you begin to get acquainted with the works of William Gibson, you inevitably ask questions: how to explain the phenomenon of his works? How did a person who has no direct relationship with high technology and has never worked with computers professionally managed to create works that are rightfully recognized as the best in the genre? After all, in fact, he imitated an entire science, came up with a lot of terms, while managing not to lose the purely artistic qualities of his works. Of course, even Gibson himself would probably not be able to fully answer these questions. Therefore, we can only make assumptions... Contents: ANTHILL: Fragments of the Hologram RoseJohnny Mnemonic Hotel "New Rose" Burning Chrome Neuromancer Count ZeroMona Lisa Overdrive BRIDGE TRILOGY: Virtual Light Idoru All the Parties of Tomorrow BLUE ANT TRILOGY: Pattern Recognition Land of Ghosts Zero Trace MACHINE OF DIFFERENCE PERIPH SERIAL DEVICESSTORIES:Gernsback ContinuumAffiliationThe BoondocksRed Star, Winter OrbitWinter MarketDuel