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Short fiction

  • 'Fragments of a Hologram Rose' (1977) - published in Unearth 3, 1977
  • 'The Belonging Kind' (1981) with John Shirley - originally published in Shadows 4, 1981
  • 'The Gernsback Continuum' (1981) - originally published in Universe 11, 1981, also contained in 'Mirrorshades', made into a short TV film 'Tomorrow Calling' in the UK (1995)
  • 'Hinterlands' (1981) - originally published in Omni 1981, also made into a comic.
  • 'Johnny Mnemonic' (1981) - originally published in Omni 1981, made into a movie in 1995, directed by Robert Longo, starring Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, and Dolph Lundgren.
  • 'New Rose Hotel' (1981) - originally published in Omni 1981, made into a movie in 1998, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Willem Dafoe and Christopher Walken.
  • 'Burning Chrome' (1982) - originally published in Omni 1982, adapted for the stage and performed by Next Theatre and Sacred Fools Theatre (1998).
  • 'Red Star, Winter Orbit' (1983) with Bruce Sterling - originally published in Omni 1983; also contained in 'Mirrorshades'.
  • 'Dogfight' (1985) with Michael Swanwick - originally published in Omni 1985.
  • 'The Winter Market' (1985) - originally published in Vancouver Magazine 1985/11, also in Stardate 1986.
  • 'The Silver Walks' in 'High Times' 1987/11' - chapter 15 of 'Mona Lisa Overdrive'.
  • 'Kumi in the Smoke' ('Kemuri no naka no kumi') (1988/3) - chapter 1 ('The Smoke') of 'Mona Lisa Overdrive'.
  • 'Hippie Hat Brain Parasite' (1989) - in 'SEMIOTEXT[E] SF' (1989), p109-112.
  • 'Tokyo Collage' (1988) in 'SF Eye' 4, Summer 1988.
  • 'Tokyo Suite' in the Japanese edition of 'Penthouse' (1988/5-7).
  • 'The Angel of Goliad' (1990) with Bruce Sterling - originally published in 'Interzone' #40 1990, makes up the first portion of 'The Difference Engine'.
  • 'Doing Television' (1990/3) in 'The Face', p81-82 - nearly the same story as 'Darwin'.
  • 'Darwin' (1990/4) in 'Spin'.
  • 'Skinner's Room' (1990) in 'Visionary San Francisco' - The characters and takeover of the Bay Bridge by the homeless reappear in 'Virtual Light'.
  • 'Cyber-Claus' (1991) in 'The Washington Post Book World'.
  • 'Academy Leader' (1991) in 'Cyberspace: First Steps'.
  • 'Agrippa - A Book of The Dead' (1992).
  • 'Where the Holograms Go' (1993) in 'The Wild Palms Reader'.
  • 'Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City' (1997) in 'New Worlds' #222, p338-349.

Non-fiction

  • 'Johnny Mnemonic - the screenplay and the story' (1995) - detailed notes on the making of the film.

Essays/articles

  • Introduction to 'Heatseeker' (1989)
  • 'Rocket Radio' in Rolling Stone (June 15, 1989)
  • Foreword to 'Strange Attractors' in 'Alien Sex' (1990)
  • 'Disneyland With the Death Penalty' article in 'Wired' 1.4 (Sept-Oct. 1993), p51-114
  • 'Notes on a process' in 'Wired' 3:6 (June 1995): p157-159.
  • 'The Recombinant City: A Foreword' (1996)
  • 'New fiction: Lo Rez Skyline' in 'Rolling Stone' #735 (May 30, 1996): - excerpt from 'Idoru'.
  • Foreword to a new edition of 'Dhalgren' by Samuel R. Delany (1996)
  • 'The Net Is a Waste of Time' article in 'New York Times Magazine' (July 14, 1996)
  • 'Jack Womack and the Horned Heart of Neuropa' (1997)
  • 'Dead man sings' article in 'Forbes' (November 30, 1998 supplement): p177
  • Introduction to 'The Avram Davidson Treasury' by Avram Davidson (1998)
  • 'My Obsession' article in 'Wired' 7.01 (January 1999) : p102-105, p156-158 - about eBay.
  • 'William Gibson's Filmless Festival' in 'Wired' 7.10 (October 1999): p226-229 - about digital film-making.
  • Introduction to 'The Art of the X-Files' by Chris Carter (01/2000).
  • 'Steely Dan's Return' in 'Addicted to Noise' 6.03 (March 2000).
  • Foreword to a new edition of 'City Come A-Walking' by John Shirley
  • Introduction to a new edition of 'The Artificial Kid' by Bruce Sterling

Other media

  • 'Alien3' movie script
  • 'Neuromancer' audio book
  • 'Wild Palms' cameo appearance (1993) - [Paige: This is William Gibson, Harry. / Harry: Oh, yeah ... 'Neuromancer', right? / Paige: He invented the word "cyberspace". / Gibson: And they'll never let me forget it.]
  • 'Johnny Mnemonic' movie script (1995)
  • 'Kill Switch' episode of 'The X-Files' (with Tom Maddox) (1998)
  • 'First Person Shooter' episode of 'The X-Files' (with Tom Maddox) (2000)

Adaptions

Last update 2000-07-16

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