![]() ![]() I don’t watch them I watch how people behave around them. In fact, I’ve never really been very interested in computers themselves. In 2007, he told PC Magazine: “I’m anything but an early adopter, generally. He credits his success in seeing into the future not on understanding technology but on his observations of the people who use it. He has predicted, among other developments, the rise of reality television, virtual sex and technologies such as Google Glass. Because the eight-part Peripheralwhich demolishes a good deal of William Gibson’s ornate narrative architecture to become a streamlined makeover of his 2014 novelspends most of its. Hailed as one of the most important novelists, whose influence is shown on everything from The Matrix to Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, the 69-year-old has gained a reputation for prescience. ![]() Gibson-watchers will be looking closely at his latest vision of humanity’s future. The author has yet to confirm whether the alternative history he imagines under Clinton is more positive than he envisioned in July 2016 when he urged US voters: “To not vote for Clinton *is* to vote for the candidate Putin and David Duke so badly wants you to. Although he attempted to rewrite the original draft with the Trump win in mind, Gibson said: “It was immediately obvious to me that there had been some fundamental shift and I would have to rebuild the whole thing.” The manuscript was written before Clinton’s defeat in November rendered the original plot obsolete. ![]()
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