So we met William Gibson yesterday at Self Edge, a cool jeans/clothes shop in The Mission. They sell really cultish Japanese denim, obsessively made, as only the Japanese can. Mr Gibson was down in SF for the day as they have launched a co-branded range which he has endorsed… read Pattern Recognition and you’ll understand.
He signed a copy of All Tomorrows Parties for Luca, and when I suggested that he write a childrens book, he said he’d been thinking about it! Luca could read it now and find out what things will be like in High School. He was happy to see Luca as “most of his fans aren’t that happy”
He was a very interesting man to talk to, I was a bit starstruckm but Silk was great, she just asked all the naive questions and he seemed happy to chat about “non-cyberpunk” topics (There were a few fans from cyberpunk central casting, including a guy who lives in a shipping container making robots). We spoke for about 30 minutes 1-on-1 and he seemed interested in how the world is changing to a post-US society. He has waited until after the US election before getting deeply into his next book, as he just couldn’t tell how the world was going to change depending on who won. Definitely a man I could talk to for many days…. I love that here in San Francisco we could do this, it would be impossible in Sydney!
