[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Mon Apr 16 00:21:43 CDT 2007


Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 @ 14:34 -0400, Phil Stracchino said:
>> I'm completely in agreement that LA, as shown in Blade Runner, looks
>> very much like the dark urban sprawl of the Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan
>> Area as described in Gibson's books.  It just seemed like there was some
>> misunderstanding going on about who actually wrote what.
> 
> Nah... I've been a fan since Necromancer first came out.

Same here.  I'm not sure actually which I read first, Necromancer or
Burning Chrome.

>From the looks of things, it won't be long before it all happens.

Depressing though the prospect may be, I think the writers of the
cyberpunk genre are the closest yet to our probable future.  :p


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