skinner room short story originally composed visionary san_francisco museum exhibition exploring future san_francisco features appearance gibson fiction bridge gibson revisited setting acclaimed bridge trilogy novels story bridge overrun skinner occupies atop altered version story published magazine subsequently skinner room nominated award best short story synopsis story takes place near future united_states decline having negatively affected event referred set decaying san_francisco san_francisco oakland bay bridge closed taken homeless wealthy city retreated access room mentioned title built bridge towers skinner lived bridge room long time accompanied girl interest history bridge town arrived months story reveals long ago bridge closed vehicle traffic years pressure find live forced homeless people seize bridge set town community arose vibrant watched world media town grew fashion built salvaged parts material apparently donated wealthy nations end story skinner dream remembers crowd seized bridge skinner bridge scaled towers publication history skinner room commissioned exhibition visionary san francisco shown june august gibson story inspired contribution exhibition architects designed urban environment transformation bridge envisioned san_francisco rich live high tech self sufficient self contained towers city bridge isolated city packaged installation surrounded scrap metal computer chips pages manga comic strips featured model towers gibson monitor discussing future reading skinner room slightly different version short story featured november issue version concerns unnamed girl old man named skinner live room built cable tower bridge version collected anthology year best science fiction ninth annual collection yesterday crash significance skinner room appearance bridge gibson fiction end novel virtual light gibson writes short story later developed novel character skinner main characters virtual light setting characters skinner room revisited sequels novel tomorrow parties collectively known bridge trilogy new_york_times hailed visionary san francisco exhibition ambitious admirable efforts address realm architecture cities museum country mounted decade despite claim collaboration appeal civic responsibility showing effects absence new_york_times judged reaction skinner room powerful sad little cynical work skinner room nominated award best short story
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