1. The Sprawl Trilogy
The Sprawl trilogy is William Gibson's first set of novels, composed
of Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988).
The novels are all set in the same fictional future, and are subtly
interlinked by shared characters and themes (which are not always readily
apparent). The Sprawl trilogy shares this setting with Gibson's short
stories "Johnny Mnemonic," "New Rose Hotel," and "Burning Chrome," and
events and characters from the stories appear in or are mentioned at
points in the trilogy.
2. The Bridge Trilogy
The Bridge trilogy comprises the novels Virtual Light (1993), Idoru, (1996)
and All Tomorrow's Parties (1999). The first book of the Bridge trilogy is
set in an imaginary 2006, with the subsequent books set a few years later.
The books deal with the race to control the beginnings of cyberspace
technology and are set on the United States' West coast in a post-
earthquake California (divided into the separate states of NoCal and SoCal),
as well as a post-earthquake Tokyo, Japan, that had been rebuilt using
nanotechnology.
3. The Bigend Trilogy
The Bigend trilogy comprises the novels Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook
Country (2007), and Zero History (2010). The uniting character in all three
novels is Hubertus Bigend. He is not the main character. All of the books
are about special projects contracted by Blue Ant, Bigend's company to find
secrets. Bigend creates the backdrop for the stories. Each book uses the
concept of steganography, finding secret things in the larger pattern of
things.
4. Short story collection
Burning Chrome (1986, preface by Bruce Sterling), collects Gibson's early
short fiction, listed by original publication date:
"Fragments of a Hologram Rose" (1977, UnEarth 3)
"Johnny Mnemonic" (1981, Omni)
"The Gernsback Continuum" (1981, Universe 11)
"Hinterlands" (1981, Omni)
"New Rose Hotel" (1981, Omni)
"The Belonging Kind", with John Shirley (1981, Shadows 4)
"Burning Chrome" (1982, Omni)
"Red Star, Winter Orbit", with Bruce Sterling (1983, Omni)
"The Winter Market" (Nov 1985, Vancouver)
"Dogfight", with Michael Swanwick (1985, Omni)
5. Collaboration
The Difference Engine (1990) is an alternate history novel by William Gibson
and Bruce Sterling. It is a prime example of the steampunk sub-genre. It posits
a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred
after entrepreneurial inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in his ambition to
build a mechanical computer (actually his analytical engine rather than the
difference engine). The novel was nominated for the British Science Fiction
Award in 1990, the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991, and both the John W.
Campbell Memorial Award and the Prix Aurora Award in 1992.
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