I was reading a lot of cyberpunk when Snow Crash came out and I thought it was like a breath of fresh air. I'd quibble with using "derivative" for "part of a literary movement".
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Feb 26, 2012 8:39:57 am PST #17992 of 28266
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Strix - Feb 26, 2012 9:05:30 am PST #17993 of 28266
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ZOMBIES, SUNIL!
(Sorry, I tweeted Seanan that this is what I would reply to your every word today. I keep my promises.)
All the avatar talk now has me earmwormed with "Do You Wannt Date My Avatar?" from The Guild.
I am out of milk. Black coffee. Blech. Store run today. Quick final draft res tweak, clean my frakkin' office, kill zombies, paint hall with 2nd coat, watch Walking Dead.
Good Sunday plans. Let's hope they pan out.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2012 9:18:49 am PST #17994 of 28266
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
ZOMBIES, SUNIL!
(Sorry, I tweeted Seanan that this is what I would reply to your every word today. I keep my promises.)
Ha! I should stalk her Twitter more often. Didn't know she'd mentioned me. But getting the ending time of Preview Night wrong was like when she couldn't spell Voorhees. COME ON, SEANAN.
Strix - Feb 26, 2012 10:33:11 am PST #17995 of 28266
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Are you on Twitter?? I looked for your various pseuds. I'm Wordslingeuse.
Jessica - Feb 26, 2012 10:43:27 am PST #17996 of 28266
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd quibble with using "derivative" for "part of a literary movement".
This.
Gibson introduced everyone to cyberspace, but the Metaverse got so many more of the details right.
Polter-Cow - Feb 26, 2012 12:15:47 pm PST #17997 of 28266
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Are you on Twitter?? I looked for your various pseuds. I'm Wordslingeuse.
Hee, no, I am not on Twitter. I am on the Internet enough as it is!
Strix - Feb 26, 2012 1:51:45 pm PST #17998 of 28266
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
- sniff* I'm on Twitter for PROFESSIONAL REASONS, ok?!
Um.
hippocampus - Feb 26, 2012 2:37:58 pm PST #17999 of 28266
not your mom's socks.
I'll second the fact that derivative came from a late reader.
Props for naming the main character Hiro Protagonist, though.
That won me. The rest kept me. Diamond age converted me.
Volans - Feb 27, 2012 10:00:38 am PST #18000 of 28266
move out and draw fire
Yeah, it was that he read it last year, and assumed Stephenson was late to the game for "metaverse" and "avatar" and, you know, Google Earth.
hippocampus - Feb 27, 2012 10:10:43 am PST #18001 of 28266
not your mom's socks.
and, you know, Google Earth
that reference in REAMDE was excellent authorial revenge.