All Tomorrow’s Parties

novel by Gibson

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All Tomorrow's Parties is a 1999 novel by William Gibson, a leading figure in the cyberpunk science fiction movement. The novel is set in the same universe as Gibson's earlier works, Neuromancer and Count Zero.1

The story features a clairvoyant cyberpunk protagonist who works to prevent a villain from taking over the world. Gibson is known for coining the term "cyberspace," a computer-simulated reality that explores the nature of information and foreshadowed virtual reality technology. His work often depicts dystopian societies dominated by global computer networks and artificial intelligences.12

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All Tomorrow’s Parties (1999) concerns a clairvoyant cyberpunk who labours to keep a villain from dominating the world. Pattern Recognition (2003) follows a marketing consultant who is hired to track down the origins of a mysterious Internet video. In Spook Country (2007), characters navigate a…
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