226 posts tagged william gibson
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Minister Faust speaks about Philip K. Dick
http://ministerfaust.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ minister-faust-speaks-about-philip-…The Word This Week special hosted by Kim Clarke Champniss about visionary SF author Philip K. Dick. Guests include your truly (a two-time PKD nominee), as well as Jonathan Lethem, Chris Miller, Mark Askwith, Winona Ryder, Michael Bishop, Richard Linklater and William Gibson.
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Criminal Minds: Tabula Rasa
http://criminalminds.oncbs.tv/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ criminal-minds-tabula-rasa/I did take the time to look this up because I had no idea what it meant. Wikipedia defines tabula rasa as: the epistemological thesis that individual human beings are born with no innate or built-in mental content, in a word "blank" and that their entire resource of knowledge is built up gradually
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William Gibson: Pattern Recognition (2003)
http://simonsbookblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ william-gibson-pattern-recognition…Published: Viking, 2003 One of the oddest feelings when reading (or, even more, re-reading) science fiction from the past is when time has often caught up with it, and you are reading a novel of the future set at at date which is in your past.
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Memorial day - 49
http://yesbut-thinkingaloud.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ memorial-day-49.htmlThe subject of last weeks blog was the trees outside St Paul's Cathedral. If you walk north from St Paul's past the Old Bailey you come to a square, bounded on the north by Smithfield Market and on the south Saint Bartholomew's Hospital. Set in the hospital wall are two plaques which commemorate the gruesome history of the location.
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Sonny Rollins and William Gibson and Music Writing
http://tempusnonfugit.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ sonny-rollins-and-william-gib…When Sonny Rollins puts down his saxophone and stops playing, for me, a large measure of what makes music great will disappear. That will be a terrible, terrible moment — a moment I don’t care to even think about. Gary Giddins. 2002 Sonny Rollins is playing in Sydney for the first time ever in about a month.
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Why a science fiction short threatens to take online film out into theatres
http://seandodson.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ why-a-science-fiction-short-threa…My recent post on the Guardian Film Blog tells the story of Nuru Rimington-Mkali (above left), a young 21-year-old filmmaker from Peckham in South London. His film And I Refuse to Forget has just won the grand prize in the inaugural Filmaka Competition which is co-founded by Deepak Nayar (the producer of Bend it Like Beckham).
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Little Brother
http://thenullset.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ little-brother/The latest book from one of my favorite authors – Cory Doctorow – is an experience that shouldn’t be missed. Read on for my review, with only vaguely related pictures. Rating: 12/12 – Books like these make me proud to say I read science fiction Cory has Creative Commons the book so he’s
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Response: Neuromancer by William Gibson
http://www.stuartgeiger.com/ wordpress/ about-me/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ response-neuroma…William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer tells the story of a team of radically different technologically-savvy individuals who are recruited by a young artificial intelligence named Wintermute, who desires to bypass the limitations placed on it by its owners and the authorities.
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‘Cyberspace’ coiner returns to native SC for honorary degree
http://www.wnmag.net/ entertainment/ celebrity-entertainment/ cyberspace-coiner-…CONWAY, S.C. - The man who coined the word “cyberspace” has returned to his home page. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.wnmag.net website for full links, other content, and more HOT news! ]]
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Blogger's choice awards
http://johnranta.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ bloggers-choice-awards.html(A bit of a detour this week - into media favorites) I like GoodReads, the web site that helps you (their blurb): see what your friends are reading.keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read.get great book recommendations from people you know.
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