William Gibson

William Gibson
William Gibson
	Gibson, 60. yaşgününde.
Doğum	William Ford Gibson; 17 Mart 1948 (77 yaşında); Conway, Güney Karolina, ABD
Meslek	Yazar, romancı
İkamet	Kanada
Vatandaşlık	Kanada
Dönem	1977-günümüz
Tür	Spekülatif kurgu
Edebî akım	Siberpunk, Buhar çılgınlığı
Önemli eser	Sprawl Üçlemesi (Neuromancer-Count Zero-Mona Lisa Overdrive)
Resmî site
	http://WilliamGibsonbooks.com/

William Ford Gibson (d. 17 Mart 1948), yazdığı bilimkurgu romanları ile tanınan Amerikan roman yazarı. Siberpunk akımının babası olarak bilinen Gibson'ın ilk romanı Neuromancer, yayınlandığı 1984 yılından bu yana, tüm dünyada 6.5 milyonun üzerinde satmıştır^{[kaynak belirtilmeli]}.

Hayatı

Gibson Güney Carolina'nın Conway şehrinde dünyaya geldi. 1968^de Vietnam Savaşı'na katılmayı reddederek bir süreliğine Kanada'ya yerleşti. 1972 yılından bu yana, bilimkurgu kitaplarını yazmaya başladığı Vancouver şehrinde yaşamaktadır. İlk çalışmaları sibernetik ve siberuzay teknolojilerinin gelecekte insan ırkı üzerindeki muhtemel etkilerini konu almıştır. 80'li yıllarda kaleme aldığı kurguları daha çok soğuk ve kasvetli bir etki bırakmaktadır. İlk romanı Neuromancer üç büyük bilimkurgu ödülüne layık görülmüştür. (Nebula, Hugo ve Phillip K. Dick)

Daha sonra yayınladığı iki romanı Count Zero ve Mona Lisa Overdrive, Neuromancer ile birlikte Sprawl Üçlemesi'ni tamamlamıştır.

Gibson'ın ikinci üçlemesi olan Bridge, ilkiyle benzer konularda olmakla beraber, bu sefer daha gerçekçi bir zemine oturuyordu. San Francisco'nun yakın geleceğini anlatan hikâye Virtual Light, Idoru ve All Tomorrow's Parties romanlarından oluşmaktadır.

Yıllar geçtikçe Gibson kendisini meşhur eden kötümser kurgularından gittikçe uzaklaşmış, romanlarını olaydan olaya atlayan bir şekilde yazmak yerine, realist bir tutum benimseyerek, süreklilik gösteren ve daha hikâyesel bir tarzda yazmıştır. Bununla birlikte romanlarında, değişen teknolojinin, özellikle olumsuz sosyal etkilerini vurgulamaya devam etmiştir.

Eserleri

Neuromancer (1984) (Sprawl Üçlemesi 1. Kitap)
Count Zero (1986) (Sprawl Üçlemesi 2. Kitap)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) (Sprawl Üçlemesi 3. Kitap)
The Difference Engine (1990) (Bruce Sterling ile)
Virtual Light (1993) (Bridge Üçlemesi 1. Kitap)
Idoru (1996) (Bridge Üçlemesi 2. Kitap)
All Tomorrow's Parties (1999) (Bridge Üçlemesi 3. Kitap)
Pattern Recognition (2003)
Zero History (2010)

Dış bağlantılar

Internet Speculative Fiction Database'te William Gibson

Kaynakça

g t d En İyi Roman Nebula Ödülü
1966–1980	Dune by Frank Herbert (1966) Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany ve Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (1967) The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1968) Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (1969) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970) Ringworld by Larry Niven (1971) A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1972) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976) Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1977) Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978) Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979) The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980)
1981–2000	Timescape by Gregory Benford (1981) The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (1983) Startide Rising by David Brin (1984) Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1986) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987) The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy (1988) Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (1989) The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1990) Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991) Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick (1992) Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994) Moving Mars by Greg Bear (1995) The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1996) Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1997) The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre (1998) Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1999) Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (2000)
2001–2020	Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (2001) The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro (2002) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2003) Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (2004) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2005) Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2006) Seeker by Jack McDevitt (2007) The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008) Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2010) Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011) Among Others by Jo Walton (2012) 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2013) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (2015) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016) All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2017) The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019) A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker (2020)
2021–günümüz	Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (2022) Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2023) Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (2024)

g t d En İyi Roman Hugo Ödülü
Retro	The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (1939) Slan by A. E. van Vogt (1941) Beyond This Horizon by Anson MacDonald (1943) Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (1944) Shadow Over Mars by Leigh Brackett (1945) The Mule by Isaac Asimov (1946) Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (1951) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1954)
1953-1975	Yıkım'a Giden Adam by Alfred Bester (1953) They'd Rather Be Right (aka: The Forever Machine) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (1955) Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein (1956) The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (1958) A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1959) Yıldız Gemisi Askerleri by Robert A. Heinlein (1960) A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1961) Yaban Diyarlardaki Yabancı by Robert A. Heinlein (1962) Yüksek Şatodaki Adam by Philip K. Dick (1963) Here Gather the Stars (aka: Way Station) by Clifford D. Simak (1964) The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber (1965) Dune by Frank Herbert / ...And Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny (1966) Ay Zalim Bir Sevgilidir by Robert A. Heinlein (1967) Işık Tanrısı by Roger Zelazny (1968) Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner (1969) Karanlığın Sol Eli by Ursula K. Le Guin (1970) Halka Dünya by Larry Niven (1971) To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (1972) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1973) Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1974) Mülksüzler by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975)
1976-2000	The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1976) Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (1977) Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1978) Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1979) The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980) The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (1981) Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh (1982) Vakıf'ın Sınırı by Isaac Asimov (1983) Startide Rising by David Brin (1984) Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985) Ender'in Oyunu by Orson Scott Card (1986) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (1987) The Uplift War by David Brin (1988) Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh (1989) Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990) The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (1991) Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (1992) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge / Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993) Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1994) Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (1995) The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (1996) Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1997) Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1998) To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1999) A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (2000)
2001-günümüz	Harry Potter ve Ateş Kadehi by J. K. Rowling (2001) Amerikan Tanrıları by Neil Gaiman (2002) Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2003) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005) Dönüş by Robert Charles Wilson (2006) Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2007) The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (2008) Mezarlık Kitabı by Neil Gaiman (2009) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi / The City & the City by China Miéville (2010) Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2011) Among Others by Jo Walton (2012) Kırmızı Üniformalılar by John Scalzi (2013) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (2014) Üç Cisim Problemi by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (2015) Beşinci Mevsim by N. K. Jemisin (2016) Obelisk Kapısı by N. K. Jemisin (2017) The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2019) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (2020) Network Effect by Martha Wells (2021) A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (2022) Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (2023) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (2024) The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (2025)