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Q: Grpahic Representation of Gibson's Cyberspace ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Grpahic Representation of Gibson's Cyberspace
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: universal-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 25 Jul 2003 11:49 PDT
Expires: 24 Aug 2003 11:49 PDT
Question ID: 235079
In William Gibson's award-winning Sprawl Trilogy (NEUROMANCER, COUNT
ZERO and MONA LISA OVERDRIVE), he spends dutiful time describing in
intimate detail the look and feel of cyberspace.  Is there anyone on
the net who has rendered their own interpretation of those
descriptions?
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Subject: Re: Grpahic Representation of Gibson's Cyberspace
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 25 Jul 2003 13:37 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
For info and imagery, I highly recommend the William Gibson Image
Gallery:

William Gibson Aleph: Sprawl Series
http://www.antonraubenweiss.com/gibson/gibson1.html

The site linked above provides this image of Gibson's cyberspace, from
a graphic novel adapted from "Neuromancer":

William Gibson Aleph: Neuromancer Graphic Novel
http://www.antonraubenweiss.com/gibson/gallery/neuromancer-graphicnovel/page-36.JPG

Gibson himself has endorsed the visualizations of the graphic novel:

"Gibson, apparently an avid comic fan during his youth, said that he
is satisfied with the graphic novel and that it looks pretty much like
what he imagined in 1983. He also said that if any of his work was
adapted for the big screen, he would be happy if it would come as
close to his original intention as the graphic novel."

William Gibson Aleph
http://www.antonraubenweiss.com/gibson/gibson0.html

There are some stunning depictions of cyberspace in the
Gibson-scripted film "Johnny Mnemonic." Gibson has said that the
Japanese cut was closer to his intent than the version released in the
US. Here are a few stills from "Johnny Mnemonic":

Cybergeography: Johnny Mnemonic
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/johnny.jpg

Artie.com
http://www.artie.com/3d/jm-evade2.jpg

Artie.com
http://www.artie.com/3d/jm-brainrise.jpg

Artie.com
http://www.artie.com/3d/jm-darkbeam.jpg

Artie.com
http://www.artie.com/3d/jm-grab.jpg

Artie.com
http://www.artie.com/3d/jm-welltop.jpg

MovieWeb
http://movieweb.com/movie/johnnym/johnny4.jpg

One of Syd Mead's illustrations for the promotion of "Johnny
Mnemonic":

Cultura E Spettacolo
http://www.culturaspettacolovenezia.it/immagini/mnemonic1.jpg

If you are intrigued by Gibson's visions of cyberspace, I highly
recommend reading Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" and Vernor Vinge's
"True Names." The latter, which predates "Neuromancer," is uncannily
prophetic of many aspects of today's Web societies.

You may also want to view "Warriors of the Net," a brilliant short
film that depicts the Internet from the viewpoint of individual data
packets:

Warriors of The Net
http://www.warriorsofthe.net/

"No Maps for These Territories" is a must-see documentary for any
Gibson fan:

No Maps for These Territories
http://www.nomaps.com/

Going beyond Gibson (but with a tip of the hat to his influence), many
excellent links on the subject of visualizing cyberspace may be found
here:

Cybergeography
http://www.cybergeography.org/vis_infospaces.html

Google search strategy:

"william gibson" + "cyberspace" + "images"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22william+gibson%22+cyberspace+images

Thanks for asking an interesting question! I hope this information is
useful. If anything is unclear, or if a link does not function, please
request clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before
you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud
universal-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
In-depth response, and timely as hell.  Thanks much!

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Subject: Re: Grpahic Representation of Gibson's Cyberspace
From: pinkfreud-ga on 25 Jul 2003 14:58 PDT
 
Thank you for the five-star rating and the generous tip!

Here are a few more sites containing info & images that you may find interesting:

Project Cyberpunk
http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/cyberspace.html

The Generative Edge
http://lordrob.home.att.net/article2.html

What Is Cyberspace?
http://www.usatt.org/rseguine/cyberspace.html

Cormac's NetCastle: The Cyberscape Wing
http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/students/rcormac/gallery/cyberspace/cyberspace.html

Riverside Community College Student Gallery: Cyberspace
http://www.academic.rccd.cc.ca.us/~grt/student%20gallery/cyberspace.jpg

GEM International: Cyberspace
http://www.hmt.com/GEM/images/cyberspace.gif

Godsend Agenda: Cyberspace
http://www.godsend-agenda.com/art/Cyberspace.gif

Art13: Cyberspace
http://www.art13.com/Art13/img/paintings/cyberspace.jpg

~pinkfreud
Subject: Re: Grpahic Representation of Gibson's Cyberspace
From: kliksf-ga on 25 Jul 2003 18:02 PDT
 
Don't forget http://www.WilliamGibsonBooks.com/ Which his William
Gibson's blog, a discussion forum and often, links to other cool sites
from both the blog and the forum... good stuff there.

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