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William Gibson's randomized experience
William Gibson — the writer who famously coined the term "cyberpunk" and whose classic tech-punk novels like Neuromancer and The Difference Engine helped spawn a couple generations' worth of bleak, busted fantasies — is now on tour promoting his first collection of nonfiction.
By MATT PARISH | January 04, 2012

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Review: William Gibson's Zero History

Fashionista: Gibson in the present tense
It’s been more than 10 years since he’s set a book anywhere but the present. Regardless, cyberpunk visionary William Gibson’s new novel still occupies top spots in multiple amazon.com science-fiction rankings this week.
By JOHN BOWKER | September 14, 2010

Unholy contraptions

Tavares Strachan's rockets, plus 'The Boat Show' at Drive By, and 'Sensed, Unseen' at GASP
In Tavares Strachan's video The Rocket Launch (2009), two black men in white chemical suits load sugar cane into the back of a three-wheeled mini-truck, then drive down a palm-tree-lined road to a run-down building labeled Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center.
By GREG COOK | June 23, 2010

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Play by Play: July 3, 2009

Plays from A to Z
This week in Boston theater
By JEFFREY GANTZ | July 06, 2009

Play by Play: June 26, 2009

Plays for A to Z
Boston theater this week
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 23, 2009

Play by Play: June 19, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston theater this week
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 16, 2009

Play by Play: June 12, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston theater this week
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 11, 2009

Making magic

Rediscovering the thrill of discovery
Ever since the Greeks learned to keep their masks on straight and not bump into the statuary, theaters and theatergoers have been learning more and more about how the magic works.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 23, 2008

Triumph of the will

2nd Story's stirring Miracle Worker
It's easy enough— unavoidable, actually — to admire and be amazed by the accomplishments of Helen Keller, but it took the account by playwright William Gibson for the remarkable work of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, to be so widely appreciated.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 26, 2008

New + old classics

Life on the boards
As if freshly presenting stage classics isn’t challenging enough, new adaptations are in the lineups this fall at two companies, Trinity Repertory Company and the Gamm.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 10, 2008

Steam dream

Steampunk bursts through its subculture roots to challenge our musical, fashion, design, and even political sensibilities
The All-in-One Victorian PC is the perfect little black dress of computer modifications.
By SHARON STEEL | May 19, 2008

The cyborg and the sistah

Janet’s Discipline and Badu’s New AmErykah
What’s in a fantasy world?
By CHARLES TAYLOR | March 17, 2008

American original

Arthur Penn at the Harvard Film Archive
During the great American renaissance period in movies, Hollywood was in the hands of the counterculture.
By STEVE VINEBERG | January 29, 2008

Best of show

Providence theatre: 2007 in review
After all, every nominee for a best actor or actress Tony or Oscar usually deserves to win.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 18, 2007

O funny night

Away in a manger with 2nd Story
When not seen as a theological argument, the story of Christmas can be taken as a humanistic encouragement of peace on Earth and goodwill to humanity.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 27, 2007

Serious business

Oscar Wilde, Richard Nixon, and Real-Life In Baghdad
Playwright and director Moisés Kaufman likes to say that Oscar Wilde was the first performance artist.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 19, 2007

Post-punk pantheon

Daydream Nation tops our list of 10 landmark albums that made indie rock
They were, by definition, misfits.
By PHOENIX STAFF | July 16, 2007

Heat waves

Summer reads to cool off with
“Summer joys are spoilt by use,” wrote John Keats, meaning the less you do between June and August, the better.
By JOHN FREEMAN | June 28, 2007

Alien alloys

Dir En Grey’s extreme metal
Dir En Grey filled the token “foreign-language weirdos” slot — former home of Rammstein — on last year’s Family Values Tour.
By PHIL FREEMAN | January 30, 2007

Frontier justice

As the Internet and other shifting technologies dominate our lives, is the EFF the new ACLU?
Log on. Check your Gmail. Click the URLs your friend just sent. One’s a blog entry about electronic voting machines, the other is a news story about warrantless wiretapping. Grit your teeth.
By MIKE MILIARD | February 09, 2006