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Twitter at Five: Author William Gibson’s Five to Follow

Special to National Post | 11/03/15 | Last Updated: 11/03/15 2:51 PM ET
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In honour of Twitter’s upcoming fifth birthday, the Post is celebrating all (OK, most) things Twitter. (Behold, the first-ever tweet!) Get our complete Twitter coverage here.

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In Five to Follow, a week-long web series, our columnists and other notable Twitter users pick five of their favourite tweeters. Below, author William Gibson. Follow him on Twitter here.

William Gibson is arguably one of the most influential writers in science-fiction in the last 25 years. His 1984 novel Neuromancer is widely considered one of the foundational works of the cyberpunk genre and Gibson himself is credited with coining the term cyberspace. In the novels that followed Neuromancer, Gibson would explore our relationship with information systems and technologies that grew more pervasive. It’s no surprise then that Gibson has taken quite strongly to Twitter — he joined in April, 2009. He praised the social network as a more customizable, personal experience. “Twitter actually feels like the street. You can bump into anybody on Twitter,” he told New York Magazine in 2010. His list of favourite people to follow reflects his cosmopolitanism. — Ron Nurwisah, National Post

Paul McAuley, @UnlikelyWorlds — London-based novelist, ex-biologist

Nick Harkaway, @Harkaway — London-based novelist, commentator, brilliantly funny

Meredith Yayanos, @theremina — Brainily poised alt-core culture diva, publisher, musician in New Zealand/California.

Alan N., @GammaCounter — Highly visual, benign yet utterly eclectic eye for the odd. A radiologist and former molecular biologist in Chicago.

Lauren Beukes, @laurenbeukes — Novelist, entertaining but ferocious social critic in South Africa.

Tell us who your favourite people to follow are. Send us a message on Twitter @nationalpost with the hashtag #Favefollow

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