In light of this, the call by Indonesiaâs ISIL supporters to rally followers in support of an Islamic State, with tales of ISIL violence spread around as the âsuccess storiesâ of some kind of holy war, becomes a very real discomfort.
William Gibson. For other people named William Gibson, see William Gibson (disambiguation). William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.
The following year, Time magazine names Gibsonâs digital guitar one of the âCoolest Inventionsâ of 2003. That same year, Gibson opens a plant in China dedicated to manufacturing Epiphones, and forms the Gibson Foundation, the official charitable arm of the company.