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> ... Gernsback Continuum... I agree with the thread sentiment that the short stories are better than the novels and novellas, though I enjoyed them when I rea

> ... Gernsback Continuum... I agree with the thread sentiment that the short stories are better than the novels and novellas, though I enjoyed them when I read them in the 1980's and again, maybe less so, recently. But Gernsback Continuum really resonated with me and I love the idea and metaphor that these zeigeist-driven unrealized futures exist and shimmer at the edge of reality. Visible to the tired, drugged, and crazy it's solidly in the same camp as Burroughs and Dick.

beat 8y ago
Yeah, I love it too. The band name followed on the musical inspiration for the band, which was to play "What the future used to sound like". I'm inspired by the grand history of science fiction themed music - early electronic soundtracks like Forbidden Planet, Afrofuturist sounds like Parliament-Funkadelic and 1970s Miles Davis, Ziggy-era Bowie, Blade Runner, huge swaths of prog-rock... And here we are, living in that future, and it doesn't sound a damn bit like what we were told it would sound like. I'm also writing some songs that are actually science fiction short stories, set to music. It's an interesting challenge.