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So we’ve gotten to the Gibson “high tech low life” stage officially. “Case picked up the powertrain control module from the table and nodded at the fence acros

by nr2x 4y ago

So we’ve gotten to the Gibson “high tech low life” stage officially. “Case picked up the powertrain control module from the table and nodded at the fence across the table…”

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speed_spread 4y ago
I'm currently reading "Idoru" for the first time and it feels contemporary. Much of Gibson's work is no longer science-fiction.
- astrange 4y ago
  Too bad the name of the book is spelled wrong. Maybe he didn’t have any fact checkers.
  - riffraff 4y ago
    Isn't it a common transliteration of japanese to use R for L and show the devoiced U for voiceless consonant? I'm pretty sure I've seen it used often when the intent is to show "japeneseness".
    - aidenn0 4y ago
      I assume the mistake was the proper romanization of アイドル is aidoru.
      - astrange 4y ago
        Indeed. Idoru would be pronounced like "ee-dol".
        aidenn0 4y ago
        As a kid I pronounced the title of the book ee-doh-ru
      - riffraff 4y ago
        ah, of course, thanks.
  - labster 4y ago
    Fact checking was hard before the internet became widespread. And proofreading even harder for things that look right at first glance. It took me about a minute to realize that idol should be spelled aidoru.
  - jazzyjackson 4y ago
    If Marshall McLuhan can learn to live with the wrong spelling of "The Medium Is the Massage", I think Gibson can forgive himself for a rough romanization.