“In cyberspace there are no shadows.”

— William Gibson , Sprawl trilogy

Source: Sprawl trilogy, Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988), Chapter 37, "Cranes"

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American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder … 1948

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