Neuromancer is actually a very good science fiction novel - one that Gibson wrote that helped define a new subgenre of sci-fi called cyberpunk (which is reflected in the Matrix series - without Gibson, no Matrix) My description of cyberpunk is that it uses vividly descriptive writing and spends little time or words elaborating on technology in the background - it just puts weird things in there and lets you figure out what they are. In other words, Gibson assumes the readers are smart. I had the pleasure of hearing Gibson do a reading at Powell's a few years back - really neat guy. His recent book, however, seems no weirder than the reality around me - maybe we have
Phant, Neuromancer sounds like a "must have" for me...thanks I appreciate an author who doesn't assume I'm unable to figure some of the techie shtuff out myself....Glad you enjoyed Gibson's reading....sounds like a "winner"...."maybe we have" what?
Ruled Britannia is an alternate history novel (a "what if?..." book) about the Spanish Armada succeeding in invading England in the early 1600's...and how the great bard of Stratford-upon-Avon's work changed and how a political play he penned and performed led to a restoration of Queen Elizabeth. Great speculation.
Badger, it's strange how something like the invasion of one's country can change the outcome of so many people's endeavors....velly intellestink...
Betrayal of America is a breakdown of the Supreme court descion to halt the Florida Recounts. Bugliosi was the prosecutor who locked up Manson. As the title suggests, he was opposed to it.
Ah-HAH! I thought that's who Bugliosi was....I was opposed to the halting of the recounts, too, Badger....(thinks..."great minds, etc."....) (grin)
The Devil's Dictionary is what it sounds like...A cynical book of definitions written by Bierce, a Civil War vet-turned-humorist. Example:Religion (n.): The daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining the nature of the Unknowable to the Unreachable
Piracy (n.): Commerce without all its folly-swaddles, just as God intended.
Debauchery (n.): To pursue pleasure to point of having the misfortune of overtaking it.
Ohhhh, he's gooood, Badger....I'm definitely gonna hafta get that one....thanks for sharing the excerpts.
Frannie B