Ferrari driver Fabio Barone and his Ferrari 458 Italia competes against a Roman chariot drawn by two horses on “Ben Hur” movie set at Cinecitta World amusement park on May 11, 2017 in Castel Romano near Rome. (Photo by Andreas Solaro/AFP Photo)

William Gibson is not one of the authors that spits out novels like a machine – in his long and fruitful career he has only published 11 novels andof short stories and articles in the tens each. Still his impact on modern literature was huge – the “noir prophet” of the cyberpunk subgenre (that he was one of the pioneers of) has predicted the rise of reality television, virtual reality, video games and the internet. He is a Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction writer, with a special eye for what the future might bring.

An Indian villager walks back home with a bicycle loaded with grass for his cattle during a heavy downpour on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, 11 July 2015. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)

Ana Mendez Casteñeda smokes marijuana during “Fumaton 420” outside the national Senate in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The demonstrators are calling for the legalization of marijuana. (Photo by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)

A Tibetan wearing a traditional headgear performs during a function organised to mark “Losar” or the Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 5, 2022. (Photo by Monika Deupala/Reuters)

Participants take part in a high-wheel bicycle race in the Frederick county, in Maryland, United States on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Flight crews of German airliner Lufthansa wear traditional Bavarian folk dress during a photocall to celebrate Oktoberfest at Munich Airport Franz-Joseph-Strauss International on September 15, 2022 in Erding, Germany. Lufthansa cabin crew will dress in the Bavarian traditional costume “Blaudruck Dirndl“ and “Lederhose” on several international flights during the Oktoberfest who kicks off this coming weekend and will run for three weeks. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV heavy rocket carrying classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is the final flight of a Delta IV heavy rocket. (Photo by John Raoux/AP Photo)