From: jfusion@xs4all.nl   
      
   Mike Spencer  wrote:   
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   : Johnny Fusion =11811=  wrote:   
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   :> And I just finished _Zero History_ last night. I have a theory about   
   :> the relationship between Gibson's three trilogies and may make a   
   :> post about it here soon.   
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   : Do that, please.   
   :   
   : Got _Zero History_ for Christmas.  Read it twice already.  Funny thing   
   : is, I'm wearing a 6-pocket Gabriel Hounds work vest.  Okay, not   
   : really, but it might as well be.  Black (not indigo) heavy denim, you   
   : won't be able to find one or learn where it's made, even if it doesn't   
   : have the iconic label by Nora Volkova.  Made me feel likeI'd just come   
   : back from a visit to Gibson's ficton.   
      
   I had my "stepping into a Gibson novel" moment walking down a side street   
   in Amsterdam near Dam Square and seeing a shop window displaying Shuriken.   
      
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   :> In short, Gibson has always written about the future, thing is, the   
   :> future has arrived.   
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   : And the future was never like this.   
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   And still unevenly distributed. Who would have thought a cyberdeck would   
   fit in your pocket, be able to take pictures, and make phonecalls?   
      
   - johnny   
      
      
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