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'''William Ford Gibson''' (born [[March 17]], [[19681948]]) is an [[author]], mostly of [[science fiction]] novels, who lives in [[Canada]]. He has been called the father of the [[cyberpunk]] movement, a subgenre of science fiction.

Gibson was born in [[Conway, South Carolina]], [[United States|USA]]. In [[1968]], he fled to [[Canada]] to avoid the Vietnam era draft in the United States, and in [[1972]], he settled in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia|B.C.]], where he began to write science fiction and has spent his adult life. His early works are generally [[futuristic]] [[story|stories]] about the influences of [[cybernetics|cybernetic]] and [[cyberspace]] (computer simulated reality) technology on the [[human]] race living in the imminent future. His '80s fiction, especially, has a [[film noir|noir]], bleak feel. His first [[novel]], ''[[Neuromancer]]'', won three major science-fiction awards ([[Nebula award|Nebula]], [[Hugo award|Hugo]], and [[Philip K. Dick Memorial Award]]).