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We really are living in a William Gibson novel, aren't we?
by Malic 6y ago
We really are living in a William Gibson novel, aren't we?
- thrownblown 6y agomaybe that's why he stopped writing sci-fi and started writing contemporary fiction
- nr2x 6y agoLast two novels decidedly sci-fi, just not very good.
- munificent 6y agoRelevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/
- xsmasher 6y agoOr Stephenson; > You don't work harder because you're competing against some identical operation down the street. You work harder because everything is on the line. Your name, your honor, your family, your life. Those burger flippers might have a better life expectancy -- but what kind of life is it anyway, you have to ask yourself. That's why nobody, not even the Nipponese, can move pizzas faster than CosaNostra. The Deliverator is proud to wear the uniform, proud to drive the car, proud to march up the front walks of innumerable Burbclave homes, a grim vision in ninja black, a pizza on his shoulder, red LED digits blazing proud numbers into the night: 12:32 or 15:15 or the occasional 20:43.
- nicbou 6y agoThat's exactly what I was thinking about. Snowcrash was a ridiculous (but thoroughly enjoyable) novel, but it feels less and less so every year.