Space Over Time: The Urban Space in William Gibson’s Techno-thriller Novels

In Gibson’s fiction, to see our souls, look at our cities.Lisa Zeidner1. IntroductionThis article will examine ways in which big cities are envisioned in William Gibson’s three techno-thriller/speculative noir novels: Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007)and Zero History (2010), frequent...

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Autor principal: Krawczyk-Łaskarzewska, Anna
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Publicado em: European journal of American studies 2015
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Acesso em linha:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Resumo:In Gibson’s fiction, to see our souls, look at our cities.Lisa Zeidner1. IntroductionThis article will examine ways in which big cities are envisioned in William Gibson’s three techno-thriller/speculative noir novels: Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007)and Zero History (2010), frequently referred to as Blue Ant trilogy, after the name of the fictional advertising agency whose founder, Hubertus Bigend, plays a pivotal role in the books. More specifically, the functions of the urb...