Brilliant, thank you for posting this lecture. I've been looking into the idea of 'cyberspace' then and now and I think a very important parallel between Gibson's Cyberspace and our internet is the dominance of corporate entities. Think of how much of our internet usage is dedicated to just a few companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon. Granted, they're not our only means for communicating online, but they certainly command an unfair share of the space online. Put Facebook, Google and Amazon next to Tessier Ashpool, Maas Biolabs and Hosaka. I think it's something Gibson got right.
Hi Sadler, I'm reading through Neuromancer now, though its a reread after 20 years. Thanks for the background, and I really enjoy this whole series. It's informative without being total spoiler, which is so hard to get these days.
Cyberpunk! was a short story written by American author Bruce Bethke in 1981, expanded into a novel a year or two later. He invented the term, and yes, one of them had a green wedge mohawk.
@@GregoryBSadler Great channel, doctor. Jack Vance brought me here then I saw Gene Wolf, William Gibson, et al and thought you like the same books I do. I only discovered the channel 12 hours ago but already learned Wolfe passed away in 2019 and Gibson wasn't as computer savvy as his writing would suggest. I like your low key approach; too many channels have hosts that are too loud, think they're funny, or worse, cute, and seem unaware of how obnoxious they appear to others. You do none of that, so I subscribed. Looking forward to all the rich content.
The girl speaking on the visual language as almost distracting was right on point with what I had also experienced. It's a great touch, like a jumble of memories, almost poetic, but at times it was a little much and it was right on the brink of filler.
Great talk, Dr Sadler. Love Gibson. I am yet to read the second and third books of his Blue Ant trilogy. "Pattern Recognition" left me feeling sort of drained. It was quite grim. At my old uni, back in 1990 when his books were really starting to break through, we all thought PKD must have been a huge influence. Now I learn the truth - not so! Porn bots on twitter are always commenting on additions to my guitar practice playlist. "Dude" "Sweet!" "Awesome" etc.
Dr. Sadler, May I ask who is the seminal science fiction author that you mention early on this video? Von something? Von Heut? Thanks for your trouble!
Brilliant, thank you for posting this lecture. I've been looking into the idea of 'cyberspace' then and now and I think a very important parallel between Gibson's Cyberspace and our internet is the dominance of corporate entities. Think of how much of our internet usage is dedicated to just a few companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon.
Granted, they're not our only means for communicating online, but they certainly command an unfair share of the space online. Put Facebook, Google and Amazon next to Tessier Ashpool, Maas Biolabs and Hosaka. I think it's something Gibson got right.
Hi Sadler, I'm reading through Neuromancer now, though its a reread after 20 years. Thanks for the background, and I really enjoy this whole series. It's informative without being total spoiler, which is so hard to get these days.
Cyberpunk! was a short story written by American author Bruce Bethke in 1981, expanded into a novel a year or two later.
He invented the term, and yes, one of them had a green wedge mohawk.
How am i only comming across this series now?
No idea - but now you've got 19 more already done you can watch, and we've been renewed for another year!
Now 2020. Asking myself the same
A really interesting lecture! Cheers from a sixteen-year-old from Poland!
Glad you enjoyed it!
At approximately 16:00 the term eluding everyone is fix-up novel.
Quite likely
@@GregoryBSadler Great channel, doctor. Jack Vance brought me here then I saw Gene Wolf,
William Gibson, et al and thought you like the same books I do. I only discovered the channel
12 hours ago but already learned Wolfe passed away in 2019 and Gibson wasn't as computer
savvy as his writing would suggest. I like your low key approach; too many channels have hosts
that are too loud, think they're funny, or worse, cute, and seem unaware of how obnoxious they
appear to others. You do none of that, so I subscribed. Looking forward to all the rich content.
@@DAGDRUM53 Glad you're enjoying the videos
The girl speaking on the visual language as almost distracting was right on point with what I had also experienced. It's a great touch, like a jumble of memories, almost poetic, but at times it was a little much and it was right on the brink of filler.
Excellent! Thank you!
You're welcome!
Great talk, Dr Sadler.
Love Gibson. I am yet to read the second and third books of his Blue Ant trilogy. "Pattern Recognition" left me feeling sort of drained. It was quite grim.
At my old uni, back in 1990 when his books were really starting to break through, we all thought PKD must have been a huge influence. Now I learn the truth - not so!
Porn bots on twitter are always commenting on additions to my guitar practice playlist. "Dude" "Sweet!" "Awesome" etc.
Glad you enjoyed it. I'm hoping to go back to Gibson's works sometime next year - but in a different series. . .
Dr. Sadler, May I ask who is the seminal science fiction author that you mention early on this video? Von something? Von Heut? Thanks for your trouble!
A.E. Van Vogt. Discussed early on in the series
The regular people have already gone nuts and buck ass wild !?!
Not sure what you're asking