Gibson fans will not be disappointed.

The book goes on sale February 3, 2003. Man, this is going to be one hell of a year for sci-fi!

Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson

] So welcome, and special thanks to those of you who
] arrived early and started colonizing the place before it
] was even completed. That really cheered me up, a couple
] of weeks ago. I don’t have to feel I’m moving into an
] empty (and dishearteningly brand-new) structure. There
] is already some human space here, the start of that
] sense of duration and habitation, and soon there’ll be,
] I hope, more.

] In spite of (or perhaps because of) my reputation as a
] reclusive quasi-Pynchonian luddite shunning the net (or
] word-processors, depending on what you Google) I hope
] to be here on a more or less daily basis.

Its live now!

William Gibson's Blog

A preview of the Matrix movies. WARNING! Some spoiler material.

btw - Mike, Bound was that movie with Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon. Worth checking out.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115736

2003: The greatest year in sci-fi action cinema?

sweeeeet....

Terminator 3

"The language of hop-hop, like the “languages” of the past, is the spontaneous expression of words. Artists write what they feel. They speak what they live and know. There is humor, deceit and anguish that exposes and glamorizes urban madness that turns the real and ugly into poetry, while resonating an emotional intensity that is matched only by the best in literary affairs."

Barnes & Noble.com - Hip Hoptionary TM: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology

] "The Rawhide Kid series, beginning with the first edition
] "Rawhide Kid: Slap Leather," will run about 22 pages and
] have a suggested retail price of $2.95."

Reminds me of the only funny thing I've seen on Saturday Night Live in years: The Ambiguously Gay Duo. The first person to buy me this comic book gets a prize.

Marvel Comics to unveil gay gunslinger

Fox has wired Will Smith to star in sci-fier "I, Robot," an adaptation of the 1940s Isaac Asimov short-story collection that set the groundwork for robot films ranging from "The Terminator" to "A.I."

This is incredibly exciting to me, having been HUGELY influenced by this series as well as the Foundation series from Asimov when I was but a wee 9 year old snot. I hope it doesn't get the MIB treatment.

I, Hope It Doesn't Suck

It includes two previously unreleased Aphex Twin tunes –
‘Windowlicker (Acid Edit)’ and ‘SAW2 CD1 TRK2 (Original Mix)’, a piece taken from the Selected Ambient Works II era.

...

26 Mixes for Cash *snicker* Trying to collect most of these tracks over the years has been fun. Nice that it's finally all coming out on one compilation. Now if he'd just re-release the HAB series on CD I'd finally call my collection complete. Vinyl transfers just aren't as good as master transfers...

Oh there's also news about a new Autechre album on the news page.

Aphex Twin ’26 Mixes for Cash’ tracklisting and release date

Decius wrote:
] ] "If New Orleans is "the Big Easy," then Detroit is "the
] ] Big Ugly."
] ] A convenient metaphor for all things scary and doomed,
] ] the city has long served as a bleak backdrop for writers
] ] and filmmakers who paint it as a desolate, dangerous
] ] melange of burned-up buildings and forgotten dreams."
]
] I'm fairly interested in seeing this movie. Making it out of a
] ghetto as a rapper is a difficult road, especially for a white
] guy. There is a very powerful story to tell here if they do it
] well. The thing is that Americans put so much focus on rock
] stars and basketball stars, and the fact is that most people
] who do get out of the ghetto are much more likely to come out
] of it as accountants then as rock stars, and the challenges
] associated with that are every bit as real. Focusing on talent
] based activities instead of skill based activities encourages
] people to focus on stuff that most people will never be good
] at no matter how hard they try.
]
] Of course, right now you are thinking, who would go see a
] movie about an accountant. I'll offer that if we can't make
] the right message interesting its because we're not trying.

Oh how right you are! First, yes, you can make it out of the ghetto, even those in Detroit, if you work hard and you're a bit lucky. I'm proof. Not bad for a Polack I must say.

Second, the message that you're much more likely to succeed in life with skill rather than talent is an important one to propagate. Could you do a movie about it? Absolutely. Although being an accountant would probably not be the skill of choice. Maybe a great networking engineer... ;-)

RE: Detroit Shows Its True Grit in '8 Mile' - 11/6/02

If New Orleans is "the Big Easy," then Detroit is "the Big Ugly."

A convenient metaphor for all things scary and doomed, the city has long served as a bleak backdrop for writers and filmmakers who paint it as a desolate, dangerous melange of burned-up buildings and forgotten dreams.

Detroit Shows Its True Grit in '8 Mile' - 11/6/02