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Monthly Archives December 2007

In memory of Benazir B.

The spiritual well-being gang advanced into the room. Nine of them, all told. Cartoon patriarch beards and close shaven skulls, grim-faced and intent. Three officiators, the colours of the evangelical elect draped blackly across their dull ochre robes and the bioware scopes worn like an ancient pirate patch across one eye. They were locked in […]

Posted 29 December 2007 † Nomad93 § verbal ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Queen of Angels

“I was born in the real world of machines, a world where god never speaks to us, never makes us dance or act foolish, a land where religions must be sedate and solemn and inoffensive; where we pour our energies into monuments of intellect and architecture while neglecting the things we truly need: solace for […]

Posted 25 December 2007 † Nomad93 § verbal ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Death in cyberspace

In Idoru, Gibson has Laney think about the dead woman’s personal data in this very poetic passage: “In the week following Alison Shires’ death, Laney had used Out of Control’s DatAmerica account to re-access the site of her personal data. The nodal point was gone, and a certain subtle reduction had taken place. Not a […]

Posted 10 December 2007 † Nomad93 § mental § verbal ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,