Looking To A Brighter, Happier Dystopia
In a 1993 interview, [William] Gibson himself told me: “I think my world looks dystopian if you’re a middle class white guy doing reasonably well in 1993. But if you’re crouching in a basement in Sarejevo being shelled by ethnic separatists you can read Neuromancer as a real escape. There are so many places in the world today that are so much crappier than anything I’m writing about. I think my work is hardly dystopian… I don’t worry about the dystopian label too much because I think the world we now live in is already sufficiently dire and chaotic that really straight people can’t enjoy themselves anymore…. I get the postmodern sublime in the worst possible way… mingled ecstasy and dread.”
- Neuromancer… with Porn Star Sasha Grey as Molly
“R.U. Sirius” for h+ Magazine
2009-11-16
It’s no cybernetic ecology…
… but I guess it beats global thermonuclear war.
I, for one, look forward to the possibility of becoming one with a piece of technology… it all started with a piece of flint (and yes, you must look forward to something similar, if you happen to be reading this).
