Matrix

Cyberpunk

Posted 2002-06-30 (日) 午前1:38 by terra

Borrowed a copy of William Gibson’s “Neuromancer” from the National Library. I’m currently at the end of chapter one of the book (haha). It’s been pretty good so far but I’m not quite so sure if it’s as revolutionary as it’s been hailed to be: the cyberpunk novel pioneer. I believe Alfred Bester achieved this years earlier in his 1956 novel “The Stars, My Destination” before cyberpunk was known as cyberpunk. What’s refreshing to me however, is the thrill of discovering the origins of the now common term “cyberspace”, and finding out what really was the Matrix.

As for Alfred Bester, who is in my list of top ten favourite authors, his book “The Demolished Man” reminds me so much of the film I’ve been wanting to watch for a long time: Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” based on a Philip K. Dick short story (another one of my fav authors). They both speculate on how murder can be stopped through the use of psychic abilities.

Subjects: Books 書物, Music 音楽

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: Alfred Bester, cyberpunk, Gibson, Jeff Beck, library, lost, Matrix, Minority Report, PKD, psychic

Visions of Dystopia

Posted 2002-03-21 (木) 午後10:07 by terra

I have visions of dystopia.

While I was publishing the Kenshin post, I thought about the New Media Art tutorial that I attended today. If the world of the future proves to be similar to the concepts the artist Stellarc proposed in his writings and artworks, I think I’ll be happy not to live in that future.

This essay of fiction exemplifies the reasons for the position I adopt, in a way I don’t think I can better. And I’m pretty sure you might have read this before if you had access to the Internet before the start of this millennium.