Spook Country

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

William Gibson is often considered the most influential science fiction writer of the past quarter century. Now that the present has caught up with Gibson’s vision of the future, he’s started writing about our own time – when everyday life feels like science fiction. Gibson's new novel is Spook Country.

Spook Country is available for purchase at amazon.com

William Gibson will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, August 14 at 7pm
Union Square Barnes & Nobles
33 East 17th Street

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