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From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
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Subject: Re: Count Zero Interrupt
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Date: 14 Nov 90 20:30:48 GMT
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In article <21651@well.sf.ca.us> anderson@well.sf.ca.us writes:
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>In interview Gibson said excess knowledge of computers would interfere
>with his ability to create the imagery for which he is known...
>

Yes -- he's been caught saying things like that before.
Remember the bit in ``Neuromancer'' where, after all the hi-tech
shenanigans in Cyberspace, the fancy console decks etc., Case asks
someone if they have a modem!

Gibson admitted that the only reason he used such an archaic word (compared
to the technology in the novel!) was because he liked the sound of it...

	Pete Fenelon (pete@minster.york.ac.uk)