Author William Gibson in conversation with Lev Grossman | NYCC 2019

[@TansuTansu2]

Here he is talking about how we are more likely to see pandemics at 23:15 - Gibson really does seem prescient in many respects of his writing - he stretches the elastic band of time to its ugly conclusion.

[@adamrgarcia3138]

100%. In another lecture he says "I'm not a prophet, I just study the past, think about the future and pay attention to the present." Best kind of prophet.

[@JohnSmith762A11B]

@@adamrgarcia3138 He's got good instincts, for sure, but re-reading some of his books you may also notice he throws a lot of darts, or if you prefer a lot of spaghetti at the wall, so the odds of some things sticking or hitting the mark are way higher with Gibson than a lot of his speculative fiction peers.

[@dorobo81]

I need more of him talking.

[@razzmatazz1974]

ikr, im anxiously waiting for my copy of Agency to arrive

[@Wildo87112]

@@thecosmicshed4890 Late reply but you rock!

[@andrewglester7875]

@@Wildo87112 thanks very much.

[@dundeedolphin]

Props to Penguin Random House. Just for being my favourite publishers. 😄

[@PenguinRandomHouse]

Aw shucks

[@daelinproudmore5068]

play at 1.25 speed.

[@dax8]

I love Agency and watched the Peripheral, hoping for a second season.

[@daelinproudmore5068]

Penguin Random House - can you publish some hard cover Lord Dunsany? thanks

[@emiryardimci.]

Title should be "conversation".

[@PenguinRandomHouse]

Egg on our face. Updated!

[@gilraybaker826]

The fabled technocratic 21st century...still can't turn up a guy's microphone

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

♥️♦️♣️♠️🃏🃏 🎲🎲

[@byronbrimstone5163]

Mr. Gibson: In your discarded script for Alien III, how did the egg get into Bishop's hypersleep pod? Bishop couldn't do it, Hicks was out and it certainly wasn't Ripley or Newt. Who did it?

[@javaally1203]

Is William Gibson wearing an Acronym jacket..?

[@khyrianstorms]

Definitely. Him and Errolson are pen pals. Give the GQ Corporate Lunch podcast with him a listen; it dives into their first meeting and them being fans of each other's work. (Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-dystopian-reality-w-errolson-hugh/id1273840231?i=1000472052342)

[@DSnake655]

I love how the audience seems to think he's Einstein. 🤣

[@marcinb4647]

Don't laugh, spazzy! Einstein was Gibson's old bitch so that's what got the audience confused 🤣🤣