William Gibson is the undisputed father of CyberPunk. He may not have actually been the first CyberPunk writer (although he probably was), but he did more than everyone else to define and popularise the subgenre. He is also a damn fine writer, whose work gives the lie to the common assertion that SF has no characters. - http://www.slip.net/~spage/gibson/biblio.htm - isfdb:author/William_Gibson BurningChrome has a good introduction by BruceSterling that could helpfully be summarised here. CategoryAuthor