Pynchon mention
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Tue Feb 4 17:22:22 CST 2003
on 2/4/03 3:28 PM, David Morris at fqmorris at yahoo.com wrote:
>
> --- prozak at anus.com wrote:\
>>
>> 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.
>
> Pardon my objection, but Gibson, decent writer of a particular genre of
> Science Fiction that he is, does not belong in a list with these other three.
> He's just not that good, nor as ground-breakingly original.
>
> David Morris
How are you defining cyberfiction? How does Joyce fit into that category?
I'm curious, not argumentative.
Obviously, I disagree on Gibson. A discussion of Neoromancer might give me
the opportunity to change your mind. Part of the problem is the relegation
of people like Gibson to the Science Fiction ghetto.
Joe
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