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The famous opening line, "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.", has not stood the time. Nowadays that would probably me
by sampo 12y ago
The famous opening line, "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.", has not stood the time. Nowadays that would probably mean a blue sky.
- jamesbritt 12y agoNowadays that would probably mean a blue sky. That may have been what Gibson actually intended it to mean. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/05/negative-creativity/#comment-131340 http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/05/negative-creativity/#co...
- VonGuard 12y agoNo. Static was the intention: a grey mottled sky, rife with noir-insinuation. Can you possibly envision Chiba City as being anything but grey and filthy at all times? A blue sky completely changes the meaning of the line, and the tone of the setting.