“You must understand—and every year it becomes increasingly difficult to understand how entirely different the world was then from what … More
Category: Literature
No Articulate Resonance
“There is no articulate resonance. The common problem, I suppose, is to have more to say than vocabulary and syntax … More
Black Iron Prison
“Once, in a cheap science fiction novel, Fat had come across a perfect description of the Black Iron Prison but … More
Vernacular Reality
***We also recognize:*** The imaginative challenge that awaits any Mundane Afrofuturist author who accepts that this is it: Earth is … More
What is impossible now may one day become possible.
“Imaginary science is extremely common in sf; it is not at all the same thing as Pseudoscience. The difference is … More
Writing Names The World
McKenzie Wark: The adjective ‘ballardian’ shows up in Blue Mars, and by 2312 all sorts of author and book names … More
The Rule of Exceptions #3
INTERVIEWER When did you decide to write about the contemporary world? GIBSON For years, I’d found myself telling interviewers and … More
Alone In The Berghof
“If you were given the power to travel through time and Set Right What Once Went Wrong, what would you … More
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