To quote from the description I wrote as part of my author's questionnaire: "William Gibson is the first comprehensive examination of the award-winning science fiction writer who crafted the seminal `cyberpunk' novel Neuromancer (1984) and other acclaimed novels like Pattern Recognition (2003). Its author, renowned scholar Gary Westfahl, draws upon extensive research into the numerous science fiction fanzines that the young Gibson contributed to and edited to provide new information about his childhood and adolescence, and he discusses for the first time over 80 hitherto-unknown Gibson publications, including 33 articles and reviews, 3 poems, 46 cartoons, and 2 collaborative stories. The book also documents the poems, articles, and introductions that Gibson has written for various books, and its commentaries are enriched by illuminating comments from various print and online interviews. Yet the works that made Gibson famous are not neglected, as the bulk of its text is devoted to lengthy analyses of Gibson's ten novels and eighteen short stories. To conclude the book, Westfahl presents a new interview with William Gibson, wherein the author discusses, among other things, his correspondence with author Fritz Leiber, his relationship with the late scholar Susan Wood, his attitudes toward critics, his overall impact on the field of science fiction, his recent-completed screenplay, and his forthcoming novel."

The book is not yet advertised on the University of Illinois Press website, but here is its Table of Contents: