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Re:The Setup: William Gibson by dualboot on Monday October 17, 2011 @07:54PM (#3123053)
When he began his craft it was a world of typewriters.

Amazing imagination and forward thinking -- but it's hard to blame him for wanting technology to mostly stay out of his way.

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Re:The Setup: William Gibson by gwern on Monday October 17, 2011 @10:00PM (#3123475)
> When he began his craft it was a world of typewriters.

It kind of blew my mind to learn he wrote _Neuromancer_ on a typewriter.

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