William Gibson
Author of {cyberpunk} novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual
Light (1993).
Neuromancer, a novel about a computer {hacker}/criminal
"cowboy" of the future helping to free an {artificial
intelligence} from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and
Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal
cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "{cyberspace}".
Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly
purchased his first computer in 1992.
(1996-06-11)