William Gibson on William Gibson

May 1, 2003 2:21 PM

William Gibson now on William Gibson then. Yep, that is indeed me, though nothing I'm saying there, at such painful length, is even remotely genuine. They were offering $500 for someone to monologue about the summer of lurve, etc., and I was (1) somewhat articulate, and (2) wanted desperately to get my ass out of Yorkville ... $500 was serious money
posted by delmoi (10 comments total)

This should go with the gibson post below.
posted by reverendX at 2:23 PM on May 1, 2003

Thanks, delmoi.

Although he has a very pedestrian taste for blogs, his comment in today's Guardian about how blogging interferes with "the ecology of writing" rings true.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 2:53 PM on May 1, 2003

reverend, is there a Gibson-related FPP somewhere I didn't see?
posted by alumshubby at 3:29 PM on May 1, 2003

yup. right here.
posted by quonsar at 3:34 PM on May 1, 2003

I figured as a comment, not as many people who read the first artical would see this.
posted by delmoi at 4:03 PM on May 1, 2003

It still didn't need its own FPP.
posted by wrench at 5:44 PM on May 1, 2003

I love his work but man he's a pretty terrible writer from a more technical/mechanics standpoint.
posted by velacroix at 6:43 PM on May 1, 2003

It still didn't need its own FPP.

Because, as we all know, the whole idea of MF is to have as few FPPs as possible.
posted by spazzm at 7:38 PM on May 1, 2003

Is this going to be another one of those threads where we spend the whole thread talking about whether the thread should exist?
posted by ook at 8:02 PM on May 1, 2003

GibsonFilter.

Ah, I shouldn't complain. I love you guys! I'm so sorry!
[bursts into tears]
posted by armoured-ant at 12:34 AM on May 2, 2003