· In Distrust That Particular Flavor, William Gibson says that "reliance on broadcasting is the very definition of a technologically backward society." Insightfully, he says this in The Road to Oceania, a article he wrote for the New York Times, reprinted in this book of articles and essays collected from various (nominally) nonfiction publications for which he has written over the years/5(). Preview — Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson. Distrust That Particular Flavor Quotes Showing of “Time moves in one direction, memory another. We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting.”. Distrust That Particular Flavor is a collection of articles written to magazines or as the preface of a book. Gibson lets his ideas flowing about cities (London and Singapure), countries (Japan, his obsession), his hobbies, his childhood and many other topics. It’s intelligent and thought-provoking even if /5().
Though primarily known as a novelist, over thirty years William Gibson has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. He is widely credited with having described the internet and cyberspace before any such things existed. Distrust that Particular Flavor brings together for the first. Distrust That Particular Flavor Quotes Showing of "Time moves in one direction, memory another. We are that strange species that constructs artifacts intended to counter the natural flow of forgetting.". ― William Gibson, Distrust That Particular Flavor. tags: memory, time. Distrust That Particular Flavor is a collection of non-fiction essays by American author William Gibson, better known for his speculative and science fiction novels.. Distrust consists of twenty-six pieces written over a period of more than twenty years. The anthology includes a range of formats, including essays, magazine pieces, album reviews, and forewords from other published works.
His new book, “Distrust That Particular Flavor,” is his first collection of miscellaneous prose — essays, journalism, lectures — in a career of more than 30 years. It’s a slim volume. In “Distrust That Particular Flavor,” Gibson pulls off a dazzling trick. Instead of predicting the future, he finds the future all around him, mashed up with the past, and reveals our own. Distrust That Particular Flavor is a collection of non-fiction essays by American author William Gibson, better known for his speculative and science fiction novels. Distrust consists of twenty-six pieces written over a period of more than twenty years. The anthology includes a range of formats, including essays, magazine pieces, album reviews, and forewords from other published works.
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