William Gibson: The 80s Revolution - Extra Sci Fi

Start your free 1-month trial for The Great Courses Plus! http://ow.ly/3iLM30egcfR After Star Wars, the science fiction genre suddenly became a pop culture darling, and a flood of schlocky imitations followed. William Gibson led the charge to reclaim space in the genre for his concept of future history - one that, in turn, eventually launched cyberpunk. Subscribe for more episodes every Tuesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC ___________ Celebrate the launch of Extra Sci Fi by purchasing a limited edition magnet from our store! https://store.dftba.com/products/extr... Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP ___________ This episode has been brought to you by The Great Courses Plus! The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US market. The Great Courses Plus is currently working to both optimize the product globally and accept credit card payments globally. Start your free 1-month trial for The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/3iLM30egcfR ___________ Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Sci Fi: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_p... Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ___________ Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: [email protected] ___________ ♪ Music: "Hypothetical" by Surasshu http://www.aivisura.com/