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Quote by William Gibson

“It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.”

Book:Burning Chrome

Work

Burning Chrome

Burning Chrome is a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre, featuring a protagonist navigating a world dominated by advanced technology and corporate control. The story delves into themes of surveillance, privacy, and the human condition amidst a backdrop of high-tech crime and corporate espionage. more

Author

William Gibson

William Gibson, born on March 17, 1948, is a renowned science fiction novelist from Canada. His works are known for their unique futurist style and profound insights into technological development, making him a representative figure in the cyberpunk literary genre. more

Book:DANIEL DEFOE Ultimate Collection: 50+ Adventure Classics, Pirate Tales & Historical Novels - Including Biographies, Historical Works, Travel Sketches, Poems & Essays (Illustrated): Robinson Crusoe, The History of the Pirates, Captain Singleton, Memoirs of a Cavalier, A Journal of the Plague Year, Moll Flanders, Roxana, The History of the Devil, The King of Pirates and many more

Source: DANIEL DEFOE Ultimate Collection: 50+ Adventure Classics, Pirate Tales & Historical Novels - Including Biographies, Historical Works, Travel Sketches, Poems & Essays (Illustrated): Robinson Crusoe, The History of the Pirates, Captain Singleton, Memoirs of a Cavalier, A Journal of the Plague Year, Moll Flanders, Roxana, The History of the Devil, The King of Pirates and many more

“London is like a cold dark dream sometimes.”

Sometimes Dream Dark Cold London Dark Dreams

Book:Wide Sargasso Sea

Source: Wide Sargasso Sea

“War is more like a novel than it is like real life and that is its eternal fascination. It is a thing based on reality but invented, it is a dream made real, all the things that make a novel but not really life.”

Made War Real Dream Reality Novel Eternal Real Life Fascination

Author:Gertrude Stein

“And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.”

Believe Remember Courses Identity Being Yourself Believe In Yourself Self Identity

Book:Everybody's Autobiography

Source: Everybody's Autobiography

“It is funny about money. And it is funny about identity. You are you because your little dog knows you, but when your public knows you and does not want to pay for you and when your public knows you and does want to pay for you, you are not the same you.”