Pynchon mention

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on 2/4/03 3:24 AM, David Gentle at Gentle_Family at btinternet.com wrote:

>> Cognitive Dissident
>> John Perry Barlow, the man who coined the term
>> 'cyberspace', discusses the Total Information
>> Awareness project, online activism, file sharing, and
>> the prospect of a digital counterculture.
> The word "cyberspace" was coined by William Gibson. Perhaps a read of his new
> novel could fill the
> gap (he's a major Pynchon fan).
> 
Good suggestion. It's called "Pattern Recognition".

See <http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/>.

I'd put Neuromancer and Burning Chrome on the list of books to read over and
again. Gibson's prescient vision has packed a cultural wallop.

Joe