 William Gibson's opinion of Shadowrun, ...ouch... |
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http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/98-3/issue...ue7/gibson.html Yeah, I know the article is somewhat old - 1998 - but this was the first time I'd seen or heard of it, so I figured there would probably be some other people out there who hadnt come across it either. choice section:
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Jason Farlander William Gibson's opinion of Shadowrun May 8 2004, 06:46 PM
Jason Farlander Heh... and then theres this, a more recent (year-o... May 8 2004, 06:52 PM Crimsondude 2.0 Yeah, but Gibson's utility has long past, than... May 8 2004, 06:59 PM shadd4d He's entitled to his opinion. In view of the m... May 8 2004, 07:07 PM Kagetenshi At least his computer system, while nonsensical, s... May 8 2004, 07:18 PM Caine Hazen This is what it would sound like if Anne Rice bitc... May 8 2004, 07:21 PM Erebus I can completely see, and understand his perspecti... May 8 2004, 07:48 PM TinkerGnome Heh, I used to have pretty much the same opinion o... May 8 2004, 09:48 PM A Clockwork Lime Eh.
I find the return of magic to the world far m... May 9 2004, 12:55 AM TinkerGnome The short story was actually pretty good. The bit... May 9 2004, 01:10 AM Herald of Verjigorm QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime) You know, like hacking do... May 9 2004, 01:13 AM Ancient History Never, ever judge William Gibson by his movies. A... May 9 2004, 02:42 AM A Clockwork Lime QUOTE Just to hurt your soul: Dunky did donate a n... May 9 2004, 02:53 AM Zazen QUOTE Never, ever judge William Gibson by his movi... May 9 2004, 02:56 AM Herald of Verjigorm QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime) Don't gimme started. ... May 9 2004, 03:01 AM Ancient History I've said this before, I will repeat it here: ... May 9 2004, 03:02 AM Snow_Fox QUOTE (Erebus) I can completely see, and understan... May 9 2004, 03:04 AM Zazen QUOTE (Ancient History) I've said this before,... May 9 2004, 03:24 AM Ancient History Without the intendent racism. May 9 2004, 03:37 AM Zazen Wait, are you talking about Tolkein or Hitler? May 9 2004, 03:47 AM Shanshu Freeman QUOTE (Zazen @ May 9 2004, 03:47 AM) Wait, ar... May 9 2004, 04:45 AM CircuitBoyBlue Hey, at least the Nazis had that song "8 Days... May 9 2004, 05:21 AM toturi I keep having this vision of their elf sam falling... May 9 2004, 06:28 AM Fygg Nuuton i try not to make shadowrun too cartoon-like. elv... May 9 2004, 06:42 AM snowRaven I neither love nor hate Gibson - alot of what he h... May 9 2004, 10:49 AM Aesir Shadowrun is a concept that is very hard for peopl... May 9 2004, 11:14 AM Nikoli That's a good point Aesir. A buddy of mine ha... May 9 2004, 01:58 PM Blaze Nitpicking slightly, I think the biggest mistake i... May 9 2004, 03:02 PM Kagetenshi Dogfight was an amazing story.
Then again, it was... May 9 2004, 03:10 PM John Campbell Thing about Shadowrun is that it all depends on ho... May 9 2004, 05:09 PM Slamm-O for the record, they were only pretending to be vo... May 9 2004, 06:00 PM lodestar QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Dogfight was an amazing story.
... May 9 2004, 06:42 PM hobgoblin cyberpunk as a freestanding genre have gone missin... May 9 2004, 07:52 PM KillaJ QUOTE kinda like looking at the real world with co... May 9 2004, 08:25 PM Kagetenshi Don't bother them. They're deluded by the ... May 9 2004, 08:32 PM Phaeton
Please ignore the insidious Red Faction lies... May 9 2004, 10:18 PM I Eat Time As has been said before, Gibson and the rest of th... May 9 2004, 11:22 PM A Clockwork Lime QUOTE The chilling thing about a lot of Gibson... May 9 2004, 11:30 PM Ancient History The dolphin was never a supersmart hacker. It was... May 9 2004, 11:33 PM Kagetenshi Smack-addicted, not crack.
~J May 9 2004, 11:36 PM A Clockwork Lime Oh, I'm sorry. That's makes the fact that... May 9 2004, 11:37 PM Nath QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime @ May 10 2004, 01:37 ... May 9 2004, 11:46 PM Phaeton QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime) QUOTE The chilling thing ... May 10 2004, 12:21 AM Kagetenshi Akira's perfectly believable once you take the... May 10 2004, 12:34 AM Phaeton QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Akira's perfectly believabl... May 10 2004, 01:47 AM Kagetenshi Well, we had it twice already…
~J May 10 2004, 02:33 AM Erebus QUOTE (Phaeton)
WWIII was yet another product-ide... May 10 2004, 03:58 AM I Eat Time QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime) Wow. I always just saw m... May 10 2004, 04:13 AM Userlimit http://www.apple.com/scitech/stories/delphis/ May 10 2004, 06:08 AM Phaeton QUOTE (Erebus) QUOTE (Phaeton @ May 9 2004, 0... May 10 2004, 10:38 AM Arz I'm noticing a trend in this thread in regards... May 10 2004, 05:08 PM A Clockwork Lime QUOTE (Arz)I'm noticing a trend in this thread... May 10 2004, 05:10 PM Sahandrian QUOTE (Phaeton) QUOTE (Erebus @ May 9 2004, 1... May 10 2004, 05:25 PM blakkie If that is the -only- negative thing Gibson has to... May 10 2004, 05:57 PM Bearclaw I hated the idea too. After Gibson, Sterling and ... May 10 2004, 06:51 PM Phaeton QUOTE (Sahandrian) QUOTE (Phaeton @ May 10 20... May 10 2004, 08:03 PM Kagetenshi Unless he went to a particularly well-endowed elem... May 11 2004, 02:53 AM John Campbell You kids are making me feel old. Quit it. May 11 2004, 03:04 AM Centurion My most vived memory of my childhood wasn't so... May 11 2004, 05:24 AM CircuitBoyBlue Our school was so crappy that with all the teacher... May 11 2004, 05:45 AM Crimsondude 2.0 QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime)
Wow. I always just saw ... May 11 2004, 06:35 AM A Clockwork Lime Yep. 'Cause the paranoid insanity from the 80... May 11 2004, 06:45 AM Sahandrian QUOTE (CircuitBoyBlue) I wish I'd spent my ele... May 11 2004, 07:23 AM lacemaker QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime) Yep. 'Cause the para... May 11 2004, 07:36 AM Arethusa Major political and economic factor? Yes.
New Bl... May 11 2004, 08:28 AM I Eat Time OMG gibson is soo stpuid, he cant perdict teh futa... May 11 2004, 12:41 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (I Eat Time)Technically it is, thousands die... May 11 2004, 01:02 PM Ancient History Fuck the Black Death, does AIDS compare to the Spa... May 11 2004, 01:10 PM toturi Well, as long as the birth rate exceeds the death ... May 11 2004, 01:12 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (http://www.advanceforpa.com/common/editoria... May 11 2004, 01:17 PM TinkerGnome Numbers aren't as important as population perc... May 11 2004, 01:22 PM Austere Emancipator In today's India, the Spanish Flu would have m... May 11 2004, 01:27 PM TinkerGnome Unless an alternate vector developes, there's ... May 11 2004, 01:40 PM I Eat Time Do keep in mind that AIDS spreads in the way that ... May 11 2004, 01:51 PM Austere Emancipator It won't run out of control in the civilized w... May 11 2004, 01:54 PM A Clockwork Lime QUOTE (I Eat Time @ May 11 2004, 06:41 AM) C... May 11 2004, 01:57 PM I Eat Time And the Lovecraft Mythos is little more than the p... May 11 2004, 02:01 PM A Clockwork Lime Any work that involves a hacking dolphin in any wa... May 11 2004, 02:40 PM blakkie I personally found the data courier aspect of it t... May 11 2004, 02:53 PM I Eat Time ACL - It's obvious that you simply don't l... May 11 2004, 03:07 PM Garland QUOTE (I Eat Time) I just finished Something from ... May 11 2004, 03:19 PM Bearclaw You guys are seriously bashing a fiction writer be... May 11 2004, 03:35 PM A Clockwork Lime No. We're bashing a writer who's bashing ... May 11 2004, 03:46 PM Bearclaw You should go back and read what he said. He didn... May 11 2004, 03:52 PM I Eat Time QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime) Nevermind that said bashe... May 11 2004, 03:56 PM TinkerGnome Actually... what's wrong with the dolphin thin... May 11 2004, 04:19 PM msde Another thing you should consider is that the cybe... May 11 2004, 04:29 PM A Clockwork Lime QUOTE (Bearclaw) You should go back and read what ... May 11 2004, 05:01 PM blakkie QUOTE (A Clockwork Lime @ May 11 2004, 05:01 ... May 11 2004, 06:57 PM hobgoblin to me it looks like he is saying that had nothing ... May 11 2004, 07:44 PM Jimmy_the_Fixer Clockwork lime, you have obviously never read any ... May 12 2004, 06:20 AM tjn Jimmy, you might want to delete your post. before ... May 12 2004, 06:37 AM Adam QUOTE (Jimmy_the_Fixer) Clockwork lime, you have o... May 12 2004, 12:32 PM MrSandman666 Guys, hey, stop the fighting! It's only a ... May 12 2004, 01:43 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Jimmy_the_Fixer) don't get me wrong, I ... May 12 2004, 04:25 PM Bearclaw I say that if you want REAL cyberpunk, you use GUR... May 12 2004, 04:54 PM Adam Well, I suppose GURPS is somewhat of a harsh, acid... May 12 2004, 05:37 PM Black Isis So ACL's big problem is that GIbson's cybe... May 12 2004, 07:43 PM Xirces I don't think Gibson is outdated or irrelevant... May 12 2004, 08:10 PM
hobgoblin from what i recall about that dolphin it was origi... May 12 2004, 11:09 PM  |
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