I've just never thought about Gibson's writing (or indeed Gibson) as having any sexuality at all. Isn't that a bit old school? Gibson's characters just didn't seem that interested, they were too busy stealing 2GB of RAM (Oh, how we laughed at the hugeness) and updating their FaceDecks or whatever they are. Wasn't Gibson contemporaneous with the first AIDS-panic, when the Western world just gave up on sex and turned into dancing pill-muppets instead?
I've just bought my son The Manga Guide to Statistics, which he will still ignore in favour of fiddling with his phonepod (as is the teenage way). Clearly we are now Living In The Future (and we must get you and JH-R together again soon), but it's turning out to be more Vance Packard, less Blade Runner and the only thing the Tyrell Corporation make are over-fried, over-priced crisps.
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Date: 2010-05-11 11:58 am (UTC)I've just bought my son The Manga Guide to Statistics, which he will still ignore in favour of fiddling with his phonepod (as is the teenage way). Clearly we are now Living In The Future (and we must get you and JH-R together again soon), but it's turning out to be more Vance Packard, less Blade Runner and the only thing the Tyrell Corporation make are over-fried, over-priced crisps.
Burroughs OTOH...