Second Blog Entry.

Example of Cyberware/Cybernetic Prosthetics.

Author: William Gibson Title: Neuromancer

Interest in Author: My interest in Author was quite simple, his basis in the foundation of Cyberpunk Genre. His works were integral to the formation of the genre. The cornerstones of said setting were also found in Neuromancer. Cybernetic Prosthetics or "Cyberware" being a key part of the modern view of Cyberpunk.

Brief Background of Author: Some brief background information on the Author, the name of the Author is William Gibson, he was born in 1948 in South Carolina, in a town called Conway. He dodged the draft in 1968, and became a Canadian citizen.

Cyberpunk City

He moved to Toronto, with the goal to consume every Mind altering substance, and Go after Hippy girls, and smoke Hashish. He was homeless in Toronto for a week, before becoming a manager for Toronto's first Head shop (drug paraphernalia shop).  He then moved to Vancouver after getting married, and having a child. He proceeded to get a Undergraduate degree at University of BC, and started his first novel.
 Other Published Works by Author: "Neuromancer" 1984
"Count Zero" 1986
"Burning Chrome" 1986
"Mona Lisa Overdrive" 1988
"The Difference Engine" 1990
"Virtual Light" 1993
"Idoru" (1996)
"All Tomorrow's Parties" (1999)
"Pattern Recognition" (2003)
"Spook Country" (2007)   
"Zero History" (2010)

Information on Events or Influences to William Gibson:
There was a heavy influence from the "Punk" bands of the time, as that was a key element to the genre as a whole, as well as his writing style. He would contact John Shirley, and through him, would meet with major Science Fiction authors, Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner. They looked at his work, and viewed it as revolutionary, and gave him suggestions.

Themes favored by Author:
William Gibson himself, is Anti-corporate, so this majorly effected his writing style. Cyberpunk seems to as a genre, adopted the them of "Megacorps are exploiting everyone, and replacing Governments". Uncontrolled corporate growth seems to be all but good within his works, and they go after everything to keep up their margins. Speaking of which, his books can have a quite dark tone, and he tends to explore Exploitation, as well as the growth of Technology. He has stopped creating books in the future, as the technology exists today that he was hypothesizing earlier, except for Cybernetic Prosthetics (or at least not as portrayed in the genre, in the genre everyone and their grandmother could receive them, currently it takes years to adjust, and they don't function half as well as the real thing). He also talks a lot about how technology is used, the importance of it, as well as it's application
Other Authors Compared to William Gibson: Most, Science Fiction writers respect William Gibson's contributions, as he pioneered a lot of concepts quite present throughout science fiction as a whole, and the genre of Cyberpunk. William Gibson himself thinks that Neuromancer is an "Adolescent Piece" and sums it up in the following quote ""(if I met the younger version of myself) I'd buy the man a drink, but I probably wouldn't lend him any money."

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