Comments on: William Gibson and the City: A Glitch in Time

By: More Desirable Lines | Roy Christopher

More Desirable Lines | Roy Christopher — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:09:00 +0000

[...] Desire Line: Contests Over Civic Space in Chicago. In M. Orville & J. L. Meikle(Eds.), Public Space and the Ideology of Place in American Culture. New York: Rodopi, pp. [...]

By: The Written World: William Gibson’s Bohemia | Roy Christopher

The Written World: William Gibson’s Bohemia | Roy Christopher — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:56:01 +0000

[...] wilds of William Gibson quite a bit lately. I’ve been reading several books by and about him and his work for months now. Having just finished the Bigend trilogy — Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook [...]

By: Cyberpunk’s Not Dead: Rucker’s Nested Scrolls | Roy Christopher

Cyberpunk’s Not Dead: Rucker’s Nested Scrolls | Roy Christopher — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:52:31 +0000

[...] up with the regning crop of the new movement. “I started hearing about a new writer called William Gibson,” he writes. “I saw a copy of Omni with his story, ‘Johnny Mnemonic’. I was [...]

By: Maps for a Few Territories: Guides to Gibson | Roy Christopher

Maps for a Few Territories: Guides to Gibson | Roy Christopher — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:06:56 +0000

[...] web wanderer worth her bookmarks knows that William Gibson coined the term for the spaces and places that we all explore online. So strong was the word that one large software company attempted to [...]

By: Not Great Men: The Human Microphone Effect | Roy Christopher

Not Great Men: The Human Microphone Effect | Roy Christopher — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:58:50 +0000

[...] called “The Human Microphone” and is used due to restrictions on amplified sound in the public space of New York City. In an ironic mix of collaborative leadership, collective allegiance, [...]

By: Drawing Lines in Time: The Advent Horizon | Roy Christopher

Drawing Lines in Time: The Advent Horizon | Roy Christopher — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:37:53 +0000

[...] was born, it was there. In contrast, my parents remember when the first TV arrived in their house. William Gibson tells the story. The only memory I have of a world prior to media is of standing in a peanut field [...]