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"Bill Gibson has been masquerading as a Canadian writer for some time now, carrying out his own version of Stephen Daedalus's "silence, exile, and cunning"; but to figure the man at all, you've got to know he was born in Virginia and grew up in an America as disturbing and surreal as anything J. G. Ballard ever dreamed. "

published in 'Rolling Stone' (June 15, 1989)

"VAG had mounted an ambitious if oddly titled (The Uncanny) show around the theme of "the cyborg". Since this seemed to be "the cyborg" as academics understand "the cyborg", and not just a cyborg, or cyborgs, as you or I might understand cyborg(s) I took it upon myself to lower the tone of the proceedings with the following."

"welcome to the unofficial alt.cyberpunk FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions guide). This file should give you some broad idea of what alt.cyberpunk is about, and hopefully some idea of what CyberPunk is about."

"Years later, I was having lunch with Ridley, and when the conversation turned to inspiration, we were both very clear about our debt to the Metal Hurlant [the original Heavy Metal magazine] school of the '70s--Moebius and the others. But it was also obvious that Scott understood the importance of information density to perceptual overload. When Blade Runner works best, it induces a lyrical sort of information sickness, that quintessentially postmodern cocktail of ecstasy and dread. It was what cyberpunk was supposed to be all about."

1. Beyond Blade Runner 2. Scanscape 3. Free Fire Zone 4. The Half-Moons of Repression 5. The Neighbors are Watching 6. Mini-Citadels and Geroncrats 7. Parallel Universes 8. Hollywood(s): Powers of Simulation 9. The Toxic Rim 10. Before We Wake...