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William Gibson's blog has attracted a loyal following. But the author of the seminal cyberpunk novel, is giving up blogging to let the "sinews of narrative" grow. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin, Ireland.
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Neuromancer, Gibson's book that launched the cyberpunk generation, is about a computer cowboy who is banished from cyberspace, trapped in his physical body and gets caught up in shadowy conspiracy.

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Writer William Gibson will wind up his hugely popular weblog within a few weeks, out of fears it might stifle his creative thinking about his next novel.
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, is a present-day, global-village tale that features high-end hackers, the Russian Mafia, greedy businessmen and paranoia.