Pynchon mention

[prozak at anus.com]

> > 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).

It seems to me that the lineage of cyberfiction is:

Joyce
Burroughs
Pynchon
Gibson

Gibson at least mentioned being inspired by Pynchon's concept of 
feedback loops while watching a kid use a video game.


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