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jobson groeth posted:Daily Mail has his whole manifesto for download. whatever happened to the british gag orders
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Mar 15, 2019 20:56
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Krankenstyle posted:whatever happened to the british gag orders lol, that only works with British celebrities who get expensive court orders. The paper that backed Hitler back in the 30's is extremely going to publish everything they can.
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Mar 15, 2019 21:11
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jobson groeth posted:lol, that only works with British celebrities who get expensive court orders. The paper that backed Hitler back in the 30's is extremely going to publish everything they can. that is great for free speech  (but instead of a goon its some decorum rear end in a top hat)
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Mar 15, 2019 21:15
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Terrorism as postmodern art is yet another thing from neuromancer that looked way cooler than it is. Cant wait to get murdered by the Turing police because they thought my wallet was a malevolent AI
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Mar 15, 2019 21:16
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Should I actually read Neuromancer or should I just leave it alone?
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Mar 15, 2019 21:19
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taqueso posted:Should I actually read Neuromancer or should I just leave it alone? it’s rad as hell
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Mar 15, 2019 21:24
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taqueso posted:Should I actually read Neuromancer or should I just leave it alone? read it
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Mar 15, 2019 21:26
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There's a couple bits where it got a little to exploitation flick-y imo but overall it's really good. The sequel is also good, havent read the final one yet
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Mar 15, 2019 21:26
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also read the sequels theyre rad too (maybe not as rad but still rad)
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Mar 15, 2019 21:26
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Even if you don't read grab an audio book. the audiobooks are really good.
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Mar 15, 2019 21:38
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StashAugustine posted:There's a couple bits where it got a little to exploitation flick-y imo but overall it's really good. The sequel is also good, havent read the final one yet even then, he stopped at the suggestion of it. its a thing that happens in 2-3 sentences and it makes sense because whoever is a piece of poo poo, theyre a murderer too, whatever. theres no wank material. unlike most other scifi/fantasy authors who love to dedicate multiple pages to rape scenes.
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Mar 15, 2019 21:51
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After you've read Neuromancer and two sequels, read Burning Chrome to flesh out the backstory/world a bit. Neuromancer is definitely the strongest book out of the series, the other two kind of blur together for me.
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Mar 15, 2019 23:31
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Gibson turned me on to toots and the maytals, in addition to writing awesome "fiction" that basically has come true in less cool ways.
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Mar 16, 2019 00:06
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The "series" of books that starts with Pattern Recognition is extremely good.
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Mar 16, 2019 00:31
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Doc Hawkins posted:The "series" of books that starts with Pattern Recognition is extremely good. Bridge trilogy (Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties) is unusual in that the second and third books make a better presentation than the first. Also good. Maybe what's compelling about Gibson's later writing is that it's less cyberpunk in the sense of gratuitous edginess and more "future society still sucks, no matter how many supertech distractions we get"
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Mar 16, 2019 00:42
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I wish he'd managed to retain the brevity he'd mastered in the Sprawl trilogy into his later books. I honestly think Burning Chrome was some of his best writing. I can't handle verbose Gibson and after Idoru I kind of stopped reading. The stories are rad, sure, but I can't help but feel they've lost something.
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Mar 16, 2019 01:25
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Doc Hawkins posted:The "series" of books that starts with Pattern Recognition is extremely good. I'm reading pattern recognition rn and while the plot hasn't quite grabbed me yet it rules how its basically just about posting
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Mar 16, 2019 01:29
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Turtlicious posted:Even if you don't read grab an audio book. the audiobooks are really good. I do not recommend the one actually read by Gibson himself, though. Amazing writer, but a voice actor he ain’t.
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Mar 16, 2019 01:58
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I like all of his books, but The Peripheral starts off so slowly that it took three or four aborted attempts to read it before I made it over the hump.
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Mar 16, 2019 02:17
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Lazyhound posted:I like all of his books, but The Peripheral starts off so slowly that it took three or four aborted attempts to read it before I made it over the hump. Yeah, the idea was interesting but the execution was pretty dull. I got 2/3 of the way through before putting it down
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Mar 16, 2019 02:36
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beto "psychedelic warlord" o'rourke vs bernie "iron fist" sanders
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Mar 16, 2019 02:56
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StashAugustine posted:I'm reading pattern recognition rn and while the plot hasn't quite grabbed me yet it rules how its basically just about posting it's super loving good.
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Mar 16, 2019 04:22
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Captain Billy Pissboy posted:Yeah, the idea was interesting but the execution was pretty dull. I got 2/3 of the way through before putting it down iirc the sequel has been substantially re-written because the actual post-2016 situation is more dismal than the original drafts. Lazyhound has issued a correction as of 04:33 on Mar 16, 2019 |
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Mar 16, 2019 04:29
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Lazyhound posted:iirc the sequel has been substantially re-written because the actual post-2016 situation is more dismal than the original drafts. Gibson has been steadily moving his fiction closer to reality as reality catches up with it and its approptiate to see its been surpassed
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Mar 16, 2019 06:05
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StashAugustine posted:I'm reading pattern recognition rn and while the plot hasn't quite grabbed me yet it rules how its basically just about posting Haha That's very perceptive. It essentially is about why we post what we do, and especially our alienation from those reasons.
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Mar 16, 2019 06:41
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StashAugustine posted:Gibson has been steadily moving his fiction closer to reality as reality catches up with it and its approptiate to see its been surpassed yeah he said reality is weird enough now there's no need to make poo poo up
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Mar 16, 2019 07:03
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Is the Netflix series Love Death + Robots any good?
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Mar 16, 2019 14:08
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I heard it's good, haven't watched it yet.
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Mar 16, 2019 18:39
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etalian posted:Is the Netflix series Love Death + Robots any good? over halfway through it today. So far it's great. Cyberpunk meets Heavy Metal.
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Mar 16, 2019 18:43
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Loky11 posted:over halfway through it today. So far it's great. Cyberpunk meets Heavy Metal. A couple of them are hit or miss for me but overall it's definitely worth bingeing through.
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Mar 16, 2019 20:08
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William Gibson is a centrist these days, so watch your step
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Mar 16, 2019 20:32
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Victory Position posted:William Gibson is a The forums really need a new word filter.
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Mar 16, 2019 20:43
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Screaming Idiot posted:The forums really need a new word filter. can you chill out a bit screaming idiot
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Mar 16, 2019 20:45
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Loky11 posted:over halfway through it today. So far it's great. Cyberpunk meets Heavy Metal. It's pretty good but people are right about the episodes being a mixed bag. Also a good example of how far 3D dick and muff animation has advanced over the years. Best episodes if I had to pick 5: -Sonnie -Beyond the Aquila Rift -Good Hunting -Zima Blue -The Secret War
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Mar 16, 2019 20:46
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Victory Position posted:William Gibson is a centrist these days, so watch your step He is at best resigned with mild melancholy to history being driven by alternately warring and unifying ethnocapitalist oligarchies ruling the mayfly masses, you can see that in essentially everything he's ever written, but it's progressed lately. He wants to collect typewriters and durable, practical clothing, and watch the world calmly progress towards Total Network Control. He's Nick Land without the schizotypal or lovecraftian poo poo. Everyone should read The Difference Engine, aka the first and only good steampunk thing.
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Mar 16, 2019 20:51
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Farm Frenzy posted:can you chill out a bit screaming idiot Centrists are just Nazis without the gumption to admit it and will do their utmost to put a wrench in the gears of change in order to maintain the status quo. The criticism is warranted.
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Mar 16, 2019 23:04
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Victory Position posted:William Gibson is a centrist these days, so watch your step Based on what? I’ve never really gotten that impression from his Twitter presence.
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Mar 16, 2019 23:26
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My fav episode in terms of being visually stunning was Fish Night.
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Mar 17, 2019 00:18
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dirty lousy tramp posted:beto "psychedelic warlord" o'rourke vs bernie ftfy
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Mar 17, 2019 00:52
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i like books and i read
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