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William Gibson On The Future Of Publishing: Made To Order Books

Posted at 6:33AM Tuesday 07 Sep 2010

It's no surprise that William Gibson is a prolific user of Twitter. The author of science-fiction classics like "Neuromancer" and "Spook Country" has long been interested in emerging technology.

"Finding myself actually in the 21st century really makes want to write about the actual 21st century, which is stranger and more complicated than anything I would have been allowed to come up with."

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