dobri wrote:
quoted 20 lines speaking of fiction, specifically sci-fi authors, I always wanted to ask
> speaking of fiction, specifically sci-fi authors, I always wanted to ask
> you people, what do you read, or have read in the past. what's good
> literature according to you, and most importatnly, is there anything you
> can relate directly to electronic music, techno, idm and experimental
> and whatever else you call it? for instance, i know that the people who
> invented the term "techno" borrowed it from a novel from Alvin Toffler,
> maybe the third wave. anyway, the story was about the "techno
> renegades", and those guys in detroit decided that they were techno
> renegades, that's why they called their style "techno" in order to
> advertise it to bigger audiences.
>
> i wrote once a specific shrot article for a sci-fi fanzine on how sci-fi
> and electronic music are similar. if i find it, i will paste it here.
> otherwise, i'm going to write it again.
>
> "The best way to predict the future is to go (mentally) in the direction
> in which your fears grow."
>
> "What some people perceive as the end of the world, for History is just
> the sign that Future is coming."
I'm Nea; Stephenson's buttboy. That being said, I'm having a tough go
with his latest series. Can't wait to see what he does next, though.
--
The best show killed by Cartoon Network/Adult Swim:
Home Movies.
Season 1, Out on DVD - November 16th.
http://homemovies.toonzone.net/DVD.html
(Entertainment Weekly endorsed it after it was canceled - what does that
tell you?)
If he knows how the world works, how come he's done such an awful job?
Think about that next month.
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