William Gibson is an American-Canadian author of speculative fiction, including cyberpunk and steampunk. He coined the term “cyberspace” back in 1982 in the short story Burning Chrome. He is perhaps best known for his debut novel, Neuromancer, where he elaborated on and popularized the concept of cyberspace. Gibson left the United States during the Vietnam War in order to avoid the draft, settling in Canada and becoming a full-time writer. Although you would think Gibson would own all of the latest technology, he says that computers themselves don’t interest him, but rather “how people behave around them.”

William Gibson would make his debut as a novelist in 1984 with Neuromancer, although he was writing short stories as early as 1977. Below is a list of William Gibson’s published works in order of when they were originally released:

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Publication Order of Blue Ant Books

Pattern Recognition (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spook Country (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Zero History (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bridge Books

Publication Order of The Peripheral Books

Publication Order of Sprawl Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Difference Engine (With: Bruce Sterling) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Plays

Alien 3: The Lost Screenplay by William Gibson (With: Pat Cadigan) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

(with Michael Swanwick)

Dogfight (in Omni) (With: Michael Swanwick) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Winter Market (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Burning Chrome (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Distrust That Particular Flavor (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Universe Books

Universe 1 (By: Terry Carr) (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 2 (By: Terry Carr) (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 3 (By: Terry Carr) (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 4 (By: Terry Carr) (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 5 (By: Terry Carr) (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 6 (By: John Shirley,Terry Carr) (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 7 (By: Terry Carr) (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 8 (By: Terry Carr) (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 9 (By: John Shirley,Terry Carr) (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 10 (By: Terry Carr) (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 11 (With: Kim Stanley Robinson,Michael Swanwick,Carter Scholz,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Nancy Kress,Carol Emshwiller,Josephine Saxton,Terry Carr) (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 12 (By: Terry Carr) (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 13 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson,Lucius Shepard,Michael Bishop,Ian Watson,Terry Carr,Bruce Sterling,Leanne Frahm,Bill Bickel) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 14 (By: Terry Carr) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 15 (By: Terry Carr) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 16 (By: Terry Carr) (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Universe 17 (By: Terry Carr) (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Publication Order of Audible Originals Books

Alien III: An Audible Original Drama (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Marvel Graphic Novel Books

(with Ernie Colón, D.G. Chichester)

Star Slammers (By: Walter Simonson) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ax (By: Ernie Colón) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Punisher/Black Widow: Spinning Doomsday's Web (By: Larry Stroman,D.G. Chichester,Mark Farmer) (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Universe 11(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nebula Awards 18(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tesseracts(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mirrorshades(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mississippi Review 47 / 48(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alien Sex(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Semiotext SF(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Storming the Reality Studio(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ascent of Wonder(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
New Worlds 1(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hackers(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ultimate Cyberpunk(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rewired(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Time Traveler's Almanac(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cyberpunk(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: The Difference Engine was co-authored by Bruce Sterling.

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