I'm bursting with pride over something that I had to share: I've been asked for a jacket-flap quote for the upcoming 20th Anniversary Edition of William Gibson's Neuromancer, which Ace will publish next autumn. I've had some amazing honors in my career, but this takes the cake. I've only met Gibson a couple of times, but on both occasions I was struck by his generosity and wit.
Here's the quote I gave to Ace:
"Neuromancer didn't predict the future. Neuromancer *created* the
future. If you would understand the past twenty years'
technological advance and retreat, this book is required reading.
I re-read it every year, just to get an edge on the year that's
coming, and to glory in Gibson's prose and cunning artifice."
