William Gibson's first published story

Landsberg, John M. & Ostrowsky-Laantz, Jonathan (editors); Blaylock, James P. ; Bowker, Richard ; Sucharitkul, Somtow, Gibson, William, Perkins, Toby

UNEARTH [ The Magazine of Science Fiction Discoveries ] Summer 1977 Volume One Number Three [ "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" by William Gibson ]

Boston, Massachusetts: Unearth Publications 1977. First Edition. 96 pages. Stapled pictorial wraps. 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches. A bright clean copy. Near Fine. Wraps. [28069]


This issue contains William Gibson's first published story, "Fragments of a Hologram Rose". It was later collected in "Burning Chrome" a collection of stories by Gibson published in 1986. A small press SF magazine devoted to beginning writers, UNEARTH had a short run with only eight issues printed. (Locus Index)

"Hailed by Steven Poole of The Guardian in 1999 as "probably the most important novelist of the past two decades" in terms of influence, [ William ] Gibson first achieved critical recognition with his debut novel, Neuromancer. The novel won three major science fiction awards (the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award), an unprecedented achievement described by the Mail & Guardian as "the sci-fi writer's version of winning the Goncourt, Booker and Pulitzer prizes in the same year". Neuromancer gained unprecedented critical and popular attention outside science fiction, as an 'evocation of life in the late 1980s'"

Not to be underestimated, anyone who hasn't read Gibson and loves science fiction, cyberpunk, or computer oriented science fiction should. Highly recommended.

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