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001 2011046790
003 DLC
005 20120713141217.0
008 111208s2012 nyu b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9780399158438 (hbk.)
020 $a039915843X (hbk.)
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050 00 $aPS3513.I2824$bD56 2012
082 00 $a814/.54$223
100 1 $aGibson, William,$d1948-
245 10 $aDistrust that particular flavor /$cWilliam Gibson.
260 $aNew York :$bG.P. Putnam's Sons,$cc2012.
300 $a259 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aKnown primarily as a novelist, Gibson has, over thirty years, been approached by different publication to share his insights into contemporary culture. The resulting essays are collected here for the first time.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aAfrican thumb piano -- Rocket radio -- Since 1948 -- Any 'mount of world -- The baddest dude on Earth -- Talk for Book Expo, New York -- Dead man sings -- Up the line -- Disneyland with the death penalty -- Mr. Buk's window -- Shiny balls of mud : Hikaru Dorodango and Tokyu hands -- An invitation -- Metrophagy : the art and science of digesting great cities -- Modern boys and mobile girls -- My obsession -- My own private Tokyo -- The road to Oceania -- Skip Spence's jeans -- Terminal city -- Introduction : "The body" -- The Net is a waste of time -- Time machine Cuba -- Will we have computer chips in our heads? -- William Gibson's filmless festival -- Johnny : notes on a process -- Googling the cyborg.
650 0 $aPopular culture.
650 0 $aCanadian essays.