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Cyber world creator: Writer William Gibson
He coined the term cyberspace, but writer William Gibson is famously a slow adopter of technology, which he says is part of his working method
The morning after the United States elected Mr Donald Trump as President in 2016, writer William Gibson woke up and realised that events of the day had diverged from the world of his novel.
Gibson, 71, had sold it to his publishers as a "satirical romp in Silicon Valley".
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 18, 2020, with the headline Cyber world creator: Writer William Gibson. Subscribe
