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sounds like the setup to a William Gibson novel.
by senectus1 2y ago
sounds like the setup to a William Gibson novel.
- more_corn 2y agoOr a Neil Stephenson one. “You would choose your nationality like you choose your broadband provider. You would become a citizen of the franchised cyber statelet of your choice.“ Maybe the story could focus around a plucky courier named YT, a reluctant hero in black and feature swashbuckling hi jinx in a Balkanized landscape of competing franchised techno micro states. Pretty sure he’s just pitching the social layout of Snow Crash.
- dsr_ 2y agoMax Barry, actually. JENNIFER GOVERNMENT is the novel.
- _nalply 2y agoThanks, got a copy!