[tlug] [Off-Topic] William Gibson (was: Bits to Bits, Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes)

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 26/12/05, Micheal E Cooper <mcooper@example.com> wrote:


> In the last book by William Gibson that I traded leisure time for
> fatherhood (I think it was Idoru), there is a scene in a hotel room [...]

Yes there was, and yes it was in "Idoru". [1]

If there exist TLUGgers who:
a) read past my off-topic warning, and
b) are not yet familiar with William Gibson,
then, please! do yourself a favour and obtain a copy of "Neuromancer"
[2] (also known as the book that started the whole late 80s
"Cyberpunk" craze[3])!

Gibson is wonderful. For my money, he is--with Neal Stephenson--one of
the few science fiction writers who really *groks* the geek pysche,
man!

-Josh

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425158640/qid=1135605523/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3285728-6172011?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
[2] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441012035/ref=ed_oe_h/002-3285728-6172011?%5Fencoding=UTF8
[3] I must hereby disclose that I am one of the three people on the
Planet Earth who actually liked Billy Idol's critically / universally
panned "Cyberpunk". [4] The other two people are Billy himself, and
his dear old mum, if you must know.
[4] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000008GSB/qid=1135605763/sr=8-10/ref=pd_bbs_10/002-3285728-6172011?v=glance&s=music&n=507846