I wonder if what really distinguishes the s.p. Is its reckless embrace of gadgetry itself? Perhaps the nostalgia of feeling encouraged by technology’s possibilities, without the reflexive “when it’s NOT evil” we’ve learned to attach?
O! Snd a nice interview in tge NYT Book Review Sunday w Neal Stephenson (sp?) haven’tcread him, but was very intrigued by his thoughts on ‘fact’ and the Baroque period..
I wonder if what really distinguishes the s.p. Is its reckless embrace of gadgetry itself? Perhaps the nostalgia of feeling encouraged by technology’s possibilities, without the reflexive “when it’s NOT evil” we’ve learned to attach?
Yes! Have you read "Fixing Hanover" by Jeff VanderMeer? I think he had the same qualm.
No! But I’ll Libby it!♥️
It's a short story. I found it in the Mammoth Book of Steampunk collection edited by Sean Wallace.
O! Snd a nice interview in tge NYT Book Review Sunday w Neal Stephenson (sp?) haven’tcread him, but was very intrigued by his thoughts on ‘fact’ and the Baroque period..
Nice! I'll check it out. I loved his novel Snow Crash, but was defeated by Cryptonomicon.