tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post4316124207888434296..comments2023-04-23T13:10:44.188+09:00Comments on this is how she fight start: Neuromancerkamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-59873586419866320492014-10-01T16:27:55.801+09:002014-10-01T16:27:55.801+09:00I'd echo that hope. As I said, the more 'n...I'd echo that hope. As I said, the more 'near future' stuff got a little tiresome, so a return to some more hi-concept stuff is certainly promising. Got Count Zero back, so maybe now I'll be able to finish this trilogy before that comes out :)kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-73590700416117158592014-09-24T14:14:44.747+09:002014-09-24T14:14:44.747+09:00Have to admit that I love archetypal cyberpunk in ...Have to admit that I love archetypal cyberpunk in a deep and probably indecent way. Must be something about growing up with an IBM PC-XT in the 80s and playing text adventures. I'm torn on reading Neuromancer again for fear that it won't be nearly as mind blowing and hypnotic as the first time around, but have enjoyed everything else he's done, save The Difference Engine. Apparently the new book is far future, big idea SF, or so I have heard. I really hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-74523995379110439992014-09-03T19:59:38.445+09:002014-09-03T19:59:38.445+09:00It certainly iconic as opening lines go, eh?
I c...It certainly iconic as opening lines go, eh? <br /><br />I can't remember when I first read it; it certainly wasn't too close to publication, but it was one of my earlier experiences with SF and it was definitely an eye-opener for me back then. I can see that coming to it 'too late' might not do it any favours though.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-53365989232968024102014-09-03T19:56:46.594+09:002014-09-03T19:56:46.594+09:00Assuming that you're the same Anon for both po...Assuming that you're the same Anon for both posts, I simultaneously agree with you and think you might be being a tad harsh. There are posts on books from both the Bridge and Blue Ant trilogies elsewhere on this blog (I'm fairly sure) and I'd certainly agree that the latter is weaker then the former. But at the same time I can't help but feel that the almost instant obsolescence of his more recent stuff is deliberate; a kind of metacommentary on the disposable society, or something. Now, whether it's deliberate or not doesn't necessarily make it good, of course...kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-12807014154499270472014-08-26T12:40:42.931+09:002014-08-26T12:40:42.931+09:00I read this too late, not when published but a yea...I read this too late, not when published but a year ago, so stank of: "the continual and slightly wearying search for the bleeding edge of cool." He lost me at the first of these rather unsexy scenes: "kickass female and/or socially inept male... having slightly improbable sex with each other". Still, that first sentence still describes Kanto: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-73396428559565323732014-08-25T12:55:40.053+09:002014-08-25T12:55:40.053+09:00Actually, I enjoyed the much nearer future series ...Actually, I enjoyed the much nearer future series he did right after that, 'the bridge trilogy', but hate 'the blue ant trilogy', which is set so close to today, it could be this afternoon. Gibson admitted that he never visits the places he writes about, using travel guides, and that he 'lifts' characters from interviews in other magazines. Having tracked down and read those sources for Zero History, I have to conclude that Gibson is now just phoning it in. Very lazy 'visionary'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-46434899987343862772014-08-25T12:48:34.421+09:002014-08-25T12:48:34.421+09:00There's no there, there.
Groundbreaking, but n...There's no there, there.<br />Groundbreaking, but now dated (a few megabytes of RAM on dry ice? WRF?). Yes, you can tell that Gibson wrote this on a typewriter because he really didn't own a computer. However, I really loved these books- corporate haves and disenfranchised have nots, truely visionary.<br />Lost all my respect for him after I read a Wired interview where he fell for the 'Japan is the future' myth hook, line, and sinker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com