Most Popular Books by William Gibson

El futuro ya está aquí, y no es un juego. Flynne Fisher vive en una zona rural de una América futura, donde los empleos son escasos, a menos que te dediques a la fabricación ilegal de drogas, algo que ella evita a toda costa. Su hermano Burton vive, o lo intenta, de la subvención que la Administración de Veteranos le otorga por daños neurológicos sufridos en la unidad de Rehabilitación Táctica del cuerpo de élite de los Marines. Flynne intenta sobrevivir con lo que gana trabajando en una cadena de montaje de productos en impresión 3D. Aunque gana más dinero como jugadora de un juego online, donde juega en nombre de un hombre rico. Wilf Netherton vive en Londres, setenta y pico años después, en medio de una lenta apocalipsis. Pero las cosas parecen bastante estables por ahora. Wilf es un reputado publicista, con cierto toque romántico, nostálgico e inadaptado que contrasta con la sociedad en la que vive, en la que los viajes al pasado son simplemente un pasatiempo. Burton ha estado trabajando secretamente en un proyecto online para garantizar la seguridad en un juego ambientado en un mundo virtual que se parece vagamente a Londres, pero con un aire aún más extraño. Flynne y Wilf están a punto de conocerse. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer and Agency presents a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that takes a terrifying look into the future. Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she''s trying to avoid. Her brother Burton lives on money from the Veterans Administration, for neurological damage suffered in the Marines'' elite Haptic Recon unit. Flynne earns what she can by assembling product at the local 3D printshop. She made more as a combat scout in an online game, playing for a rich man, but she''s had to let the shooter games go. Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Things are pretty good now, for the haves, and there aren''t many have-nots left. Wilf, a high-powered publicist and celebrity-minder, fancies himself a romantic misfit, in a society where reaching into the past is just another hobby. Burton''s been moonlighting online, secretly working security in some game prototype, a virtual world that looks vaguely like London, but a lot weirder. He''s got Flynne taking over shifts, promised her the game''s not a shooter. Still, the crime she witnesses there is plenty bad. Flynne and Wilf are about to meet one another. Her world will be altered utterly, irrevocably, and Wilf''s, for all its decadence and power, will learn that some of these third-world types from the past can be badass.

The 20th anniversary edition of the classic steampunk novel With new commentary by the authors 1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with the future: Sybil Gerard—fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward “Leviathan” Mallory—explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant—diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine took the science fiction community by storm when it was first published twenty years ago. This special anniversary edition features an Introduction by Cory Doctorow and a collaborative essay from the authors looking back on their creation. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, this novel is poised to impress a whole new generation.

THE STORY: Dealing with the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus from a fresh and richly creative point of view, the author combines a series of deftly constructed short scenes, traditional Christmas music, and often antic characterizati

Praise for the author: ''Gibson''s well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these "implausible revolutionaries" for many decades.'' Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg, Anglican and Episcopal History In 1660, England emerged from the devastation of the Civil Wars and restored the king, Charles II, to the throne. Over the next 190 years Britain would establish itself as the leading nation in the world - the centre of a burgeoning empire, at the forefront of the Enlightenment and the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution. However, radical change also brought with it anxiety and violence. America was lost in the War of Independence and calls for revolution at home were never far from the surface of everyday life. In this vivid and convincing overview of the era in which Britain transformed the world and was itself remade, leading historian of the period William Gibson also looks at the impact of this revolutionary change on the ordinary citizens of Britain. This is the third book in this wonderfully concise four-volume Brief History of Britain which brings together leading historians to tell the story of Britain from the Norman Conquest of 1066 right up to the present day. Combining the latest research with accessible and entertaining story-telling, it is the ideal introduction to British history for students and general readers.

A wide ranging new history of a key period in the history of the church in England, from the ''Glorious Revolution'' of 1688-89 to the Great Reform Act of 1832. This was a tumultuous time for both church and state, when the relationship between religion and politics was at its most fraught. This book presents evidence of the widespread Anglican commitment to harmony between those of differing religious views and suggests that High and Low Churchmanship was less divergent than usually assumed.

Working with Qualitative Data provides a practical and accessible introduction to how to develop and apply strategies for the analysis of qualitative data by exploring the ways in which analysis is related to all aspects of research. By situating analysis in the context of the whole research process, this book helps the reader to introduce an analytical component to every stage of doing research: from designing a project, reviewing the literature, through the various stages of gathering data, to the process of writing-up. Through practical examples the book maps out strategies for developing analytic frameworks in relation to all aspects of research, and demonstrates the ways in which such frameworks can be used in relation to various sorts of data. In contrast to existing qualitative data analysis texts, this book offers a unified approach to the process of analysis within qualitative research. It will be of great use to students and researchers across the full range of social, health and education sciences.

De tweede cyberpunkroman van Gibson speelt zich tien jaar na het driemaal bekroonde Zenumagiër af in de supersnelle hightechsamenleving van ontzagwekkende metropolen, van alles en iedereen beheersende multinationals, op de meest linkse van de tienbaans snelwegen, waar één fout voldoende is om de gebruiker levenslang te ontregelen. In die wereld proberen een freelance huurling, een uitgerangeerde galerie-eigenaar en een zogenaamde computercowboy niet alleen te overleven, maar ook de beste te worden in wat ze doen en succes te behalen. Zinderende spanning, actie en intrige maken Biochips tot een doolhof waarin de lezer tot de laatste bladzijde wil verdwalen.

The Long Eighteenth Century was the Age of Revolutions, including the first sexual revolution. In this era, sexual toleration began and there was a marked increase in the discussion of morality, extra-marital sex, pornography and same-sex relationships in both print and visual culture media. William Gibson and Joanne Begiato here consider the ways in which the Church of England dealt with sex and sexuality in this period. Despite the backdrop of an increasingly secularising society, religion continued to play a key role in politics, family life and wider society and the eighteenth-century Church was still therefore a considerable force, especially in questions of morality. This book integrates themes of gender and sexuality into a broader understanding of the Church of England in the eighteenth century. It shows that, rather than distancing itself from sex through diminishing teaching, regulation and punishment, the Church not only paid attention to it, but its attitudes to sex and sexuality were at the core of society''s reactions to the first sexual revolution.

Le futur de l’humanité se joue dans son passé 2016. Suite aux mauvaises décisions de ses dirigeants, la planète entière est devenue un enfer radioactif. Le dernier espoir de l’humanité a un nom : le Splitter, une colossale machine à remonter le temps conçue pour changer le cours de l’histoire. À moins que les paradoxes temporels qu’elle risque de produire n’aboutissent à un désastre plus terrible encore... Alors qu’une lutte de pouvoir s’immisce pour le contrôle du Splitter dans le présent, en 1945, l’agent du renseignement de la Royal Air Force Naomi Givens enquête sur des faits troublants et leurs répercussions sur sa réalité... Découvrez le premier comics de William Gibson, auteur culte de science-fiction, dessiné par le grand Butch Guice ! Entre uchronie apocalyptique et thriller militaire, Archangel nous propulse dans un voyage aux multiples temporalités et nous fait retrouver les thématiques littéraires chères à l’auteur du Neuromancien.

Suitable for production in a church, theatre or auditorium, this beautiful and moving work by one of our theatre''s most important and successful playwrights illuminates the story of Jesus with dramatic force and true reverence. The dialogue is drawn from the Gospels, and the action follows the fateful flow of events leading up to the crucifixion and the resurrection. Imaginatively constructed and paced with consummate skill, the play, in total, becomes both an exciting theatrical event and, deeply spiritual experience and one which will renew the meaning and relevance of the Christian ethic for audiences and participants alike.

Dans un Tokyo chrome et acier reconstruit sur les ruines du séisme, le groupe rock Lo/Rez triomphe, quand tout à coup le scandale éclate : Rez annone ses fiançailles avec Rei Toei, l''idoru la plus populaire des petits écrans nippons. Idole, intelligence artificielle, image de synthèse, quelle est cette femme qui a séduit la pop-star ? Fans comme ennemis, visiblement résolus au pire pour éliminer le chanteur, s''interrogent. Et via net, ondes ou transes subliminales, tous s''élancent, par delà réel et artificiel, à la poursuite des amants virtuels. Dans une débauche psychédélique de couleurs tropicales, leur cavalcade métissée aboutira, à la croisée du polar et du cyberpunk, derrière les apparences, au cœur du Gibson-land. " Avec Idoru, l''inventeur du terme " cyberspace " se penche en moraliste sur la réalité virtuelle. " Jacques Baudou, Le Monde

"Colin Layne habite un carton dans les couloirs du métro à Tokyo, en partie détruite par un séisme et reconstruite grâce aux nanotechnologies. Son don et son expérience du réseau lui permettent, en s''immergeant dans les flux de données en transit sur la toile, de déchiffrer intuitivement les évènements en devenir.« Sans quitter les rives de la cyberculture, dont il fut un des pionniers, William Gibson renouvelle le genre avec ce roman, qui, sur fond de fracture sociale, navigue entre thriller et romance. » Frédérique Roussel, Libération"