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008 111208s2012 nyu 000 0 eng
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020 _a039915843X (hbk.)
020 _a9780399158438 (hbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)738336581
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100 1 _aGibson, William,
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245 1 0 _aDistrust that particular flavor /
_cWilliam Gibson.
260 _aNew York :
_bG. P. Putnam's Sons,
_cc2012.
300 _a258 p. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aAfrican thumb piano -- Rocket radio -- Since 1948 -- Any 'mount of world -- The baddest dude on Earth -- Talk for Book Expo, New York -- Dead man sings -- Up the line -- Disneyland with the death penalty -- Mr. Buk's window -- Shiny balls of mud : Hikaru Dorodango and Tokyu hands -- An invitation -- Metrophagy : the art and science of digesting great cities -- Modern boys and mobile girls -- My obsession -- My own private Tokyo -- The road to Oceania -- Skip Spence's jeans -- Terminal city -- Introduction : "The body" -- The Net is a waste of time -- Time machine Cuba -- Will we have computer chips in our heads? -- William Gibson's filmless festival -- Johnny : notes on a process -- Googling the cyborg.
520 _aKnown primarily as a novelist, Gibson has, over thirty years, been approached by different publication to share his insights into contemporary culture. The resulting essays are collected here for the first time.
650 0 _aCanadian essays.
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650 0 _aPopular culture.
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