Comments on: On Rereading Gibson

By: KF

KF — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 20:10:49 +0000

Ooh. Interesting reading—I do like that interpretation. His mental rebuilding is as an artificial intelligence of sorts, so the computer operations are the prime locus of his memory. Nice!

By: Spoadfeld

Spoadfeld — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:51:35 +0000

*Possible Spoilers Follow*

Isn’t the reason why Armitage seems to remember the Sreaming Fist in cyberspace terms the fact that at the time he tells Case about it, he’s been mentally rebuilt by Wintermute?

I never thought about this before, but subtleties like this just go to show that Gibson really is more than just your run of the mill Sci-Fi writer…

By: Francois Lachance

Francois Lachance — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:58:05 +0000

Thinking about the memory thread. Would Armitage’s or Deane’s version be easier to memorize or remember?
Deane’s is the battle.
Armitage’ is a list of equipment/programs.

interesting as to how reader identification may be constructed through Case and how this might affect recall [does the reader recall what would be of value to Case to recall—or does the reader recall along the lines of a different set of values?]

By: KF

KF — Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:42:28 +0000

Hmm. Thus far, no spoilers. I’ll try to flag any I feel compelled to include.

I, sadly, have read no kickass Russian science fiction, but one of my favorite movies is Aelita, Queen of Mars…

By: vika

vika — Sat, 09 Aug 2003 15:35:35 +0000

I valiantly skipped over the post, in fear that there are spoilers there for the book. (Yeah, yeah, I haven’t read it. I’ll probably get to it. But I’ve read so much kickass Russian science fiction!) Are there spoilers in these posts? Just so I know whether I should make an effort to not read them.