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Also Known As	William Ford Gibson
Born	March 17, 1948 (age 76) • South Carolina
Notable Works	“All Tomorrow’s Parties” • “Burning Chrome” • “Count Zero” • “Distrust That Particular Flavor” • “Idoru” • “Johnny Mnemonic” • “Mona Lisa Overdrive” • “Neuromancer” • “Pattern Recognition” • “Spook Country” • “The Difference Engine” • “The Peripheral” • “The X-Files” • “Zero History”

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