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Occult entities from Haitian Voudo occupying cyberspace is a central theme of William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk trilogy: Neuromancer, Count Zero & Mona Lisa Ov
by deepnet 10y ago
Occult entities from Haitian Voudo occupying cyberspace is a central theme of William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk trilogy: Neuromancer, Count Zero & Mona Lisa Overdrive, snip:
Bobby took a deep breath. "Lucas said that Jackie's a horse for a snake. Can you run that by me in street tech?"
"Certainly. Think of Jackie as a deck, Bobby, a cyberspace deck, a very pretty one with nice ankles." Lucas grinned and Bobby blushed. "Think of Danbala, who some people call the snake, as a program. Say as an icebreaker. Danbala slots into the Jaekie's deck, Jackie cuts ice. That's all."
Okay," Bobby said, getting the hang of it, "then what's the matrix? If she's a deck, and Danbala's a program, what's cyberspace?"