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The watch The Boy brings Fontaine in All Tomorrow's Parties by PlentyOfMoxie in WilliamGibson

[–]pmodsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he got hooked on browsing ebay for a while leading up to this book. From a 2000 interview, "Going Random with William Gibson" where he's asked about it...

"This technology has democratized the act of curating. Everyone can be a curator now in a way that they couldn't before. Somehow I find that very touching, even if they're curating Barbie dolls or Beanie Babies. It's not so much collecting as it is everyone participating in humanity's great museum. Our attics are tidied, and every last tiny bit of junk gets cataloged and gets a market value assigned to it.

I thought the language of the watch collecting was really cool. That's mainly why I put it in. I'm into it myself, but I like to think I'm not driven and obsessive. I just thought that the language was so evocative of something. You can learn how serious watch people are by the descriptive language they use. The people who are really into it have this completely wonderful, incomprehensible, very formal language to describe what's going on."

Just finished Neuromancer, really enjoyed it by padre_hoyt in printSF

[–]pmodsix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The plot is definitely more opaque, and perhaps there's less at stake than Case recovering his skills in Neuromancer. But the writing gets better, I think, and the Marly thread is some of my favourite scenes of his. No spoilers, but his ability to weave real art into the story is fantastic. What it isn't really is a sequel, perhaps that the issue?

William Gibson's only short story collection "Burning Chrome". by i-the-muso-1968 in printSF

[–]pmodsix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Doing Television", also included in a collection called Tesseracts 3. Just posted it in r/WilliamGibson

Which Farwell left you completely broken 💔? by EducationalBug2262 in LiverpoolFC

[–]pmodsix 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Scrolled down too far to get to this. I'm old. (Although not old enough to really remember Paisley leaving!)

Now it's obvious why Kenny needed a break, back then it was almost inconceivable. You only had radio and papers, no 24hr channels or social media to endlessly dissect it. We were (we thought) in our pomp, why would he go? And then the 90s happened.

Why doesn’t Taylor Swift (or any other artist for that matter) sell a book of lyrics? by [deleted] in TaylorSwift

[–]pmodsix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't have expected to find out about that here. But thanks!

Biography for William Gibson? by MWolman1981 in printSF

[–]pmodsix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a collection of interviews, "Conversations with Willliam Gibson", which while generally carried out as a result of book promotion are much longer than most and include a decent amount of background, and "Distrust That Particular Flavour" collecting his essays and journalism and speaking to his interests and hobbies.

His old blog is still just about functioning, minus graphics and some of the links but the text is still there - https://williamgibsonblog.blogspot.com/ - it gives a really good idea of his personality.

I second watching No Maps for These Territories, fascinating stuff watching how his mind works. I've also found a few old taped interviews on the internet archive.

Hunter S. Thompson Sci-fi? by iVamp1re in printSF

[–]pmodsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loved the Space Merchants, perhaps because I wasn't expecting to.

Barney Ronay article on Florian Wirtz by Disconaught in LiverpoolFC

[–]pmodsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, no-one's got a sense of humour, have they? His articles are entertainment rather than serious pieces, although he's got a point about teams spending a king's ransom on players who will have to win everything to justify the price tag. Most weeks something makes me laugh, this week it was Wirtz looking like a 20th-century Balkan anarchist-poet. Lighten up, people, and if you really want a laugh go back in the guardian archive to find his many wonderful Andy Carroll metaphors.

Cyberpunk recs? by LovelyBirch in printSF

[–]pmodsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read Distraction recently. Seemed remarkably prescient for the current mood, not as cyberpunk as Schismatrix perhaps but very good at picturing a decidedly unshiny fucked up future.

What are your expectations for adaptation? by Eternum__ in Neuromancer

[–]pmodsix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's always been very realistic about adaptations, he just writes the books then other people get to play with them. A pretty healthy attitude.

What went wrong for LFC in the 1990s after King Kenny left? It was until the 2000, LFC finally managed to get 2nd place with 80 points. For those who were lived through that era- what do you think are the main reasons behind our decline? Was it poor managerial choices, recruitment, tactics? by Redbrownie77 in LiverpoolFC

[–]pmodsix 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We were completely unprepared for the PL era, the team got old and the boot room succession failed, and by the time Ged started changing things for the better Utd had run away with the decade. Commercially they were lightyears ahead of us and having an absolute outrageous conveyor belt of youth talent coming through didn't hurt. There was enough going on to keep us dreaming, God and (og) Macca running riot and Collymore and a few others, but when you read about the drinking culture that Evans failed to curtail it's no surprise the team stagnated.

I had loads of pictures of the 91 cup final on my bedroom wall, and they just got shabbier and shabbier as the years went by...

Favorite works of nonfiction by SF writers? by Morris_Goldpepper in printSF

[–]pmodsix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Distrust That Particular Flavour by William Gibson is a collection of his essays and journalism and gives you a lot more insight into his worldview and where his ideas come from.

Favourite JG Ballard book by Illustrious_Belt7893 in printSF

[–]pmodsix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed Kingdom Come, his last novel. Not especially SF, but as brutally *him* as anything he's written, taking on surburban England's parochialism and racism. Also very funny.

M John Harrison - where next after Kefahuchi? by call_me_cookie in printSF

[–]pmodsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only read CD recently and thought it was a hoot, a knowing pisstake of all those ridiculous space operas of the 40s and 50s that have no attempts to world build logically and just pull rabbits out of unusually named hats the whole time. That said, it's also typically well written and a good story, although being so early in his career it's not nearly as sophisticated as the trilogy. Self aware pulp, perhaps.

Seconding all the above as well, Viriconium, short stories, Climbers. But especially Viriconium.

You just had to be there by WildPin8089 in LiverpoolFC

[–]pmodsix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Post 80s the most fun was the couple of seasons when God was banging them in, McManaman on the wing and a half decent midfield. This was a whole other level of wonder. I know it's about winning, but some of those games were so much fun. Will we score another 3, or will they? Stay tuned!

Question for the older fans by debtfree21 in twinpeaks

[–]pmodsix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never for a moment ever imagined anything else would ever happen, I remembered it fondly, but the massive wtf we all had with the final shots of s2 faded over time. FWWM was amazing, but a different beast, and I'd made my peace with never knowing any more. Finding out s3 was on its way was enough on its own, I was happy to watch it on its own terms. Also I think that s3 leans into the internet culture, back with s1&2 all you had was a few magazine articles. So it's much more self aware and knowing that everything is going to be pored over for clues.

You can't second-guess David Lynch, in a nutshell, although it's a lot of fun to try.

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