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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The headline with William Gibson and neuromancer is always "He coined the term cyberspace! Helped invent the cyberpunk genre!" (i.e, the stuff that he writes about) But he's a fantastic writer as well, no matter what he writes about (he doesn't just write cyberpunk!). His prose is what makes him my favorite author, not just the stories he tells