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William Gibson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 17
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Conway
South Carolina
William Ford Gibson
Small
Corridors
Dark
Amid
Fading
Lost
Grown
Hands
Sky
Body
Image
Cold
Television

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I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.
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