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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.