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Old 07-16-2011, 08:38 PM   #89
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Heh, a lot of his stuff is getting that brown-gravy glow about it, too. The very first line in Neuromancer is an anachronism, comparing the sky to '80s-style ant-fight TV static. I haven't read much of his work, and nothing recent, but Neuromancer definitely struck me as one of those 'futures past' that tell us a lot more about the era in which they were written than the one in which they are set.
I rather enjoy Gibson's more recent works. I may be in the minority there, but I was quite glad to see the "punk" grow up a bit.

I like to think we've both "grown" since Neuromancer: me as a reader and he as an author.

Which brings me back to the topic at hand... I really enjoyed William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine. I'd rank it right up there as one of my favorites. I'd love to see them hook up for something similar again.
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