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Gibson frightens me. He claims to not be a prophet, to not predict the future, but the man sees something clearly and it's not just popular culture.
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The best thing, perhaps, about William Gibson's Idoru is Chia McKenzie's Sandbenders renewable laptop computer made out of natural objects and smelted aluminum. It's beautiful:
"I like your computer," she said. "It looks like it was made by Indians or something."
Chia looked down at her Sandbenders. Turned off the red switch. "Coral," she said. "These are turquoise. The ones that look like ivory are the inside of a kind of nut. Renewable."
"The rest is silver?"
"Aluminum," Chia said. "They melt old ...more
"I like your computer," she said. "It looks like it was made by Indians or something."
Chia looked down at her Sandbenders. Turned off the red switch. "Coral," she said. "These are turquoise. The ones that look like ivory are the inside of a kind of nut. Renewable."
"The rest is silver?"
"Aluminum," Chia said. "They melt old ...more
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