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Just finished season 1 of The Peripheral, based on a 2014 Gibson novel of the same name. It seems season 2 was cancelled, which is disappointing. But I'd still recommend it. Each of the 8 episodes has enough of an internal arc to make them satisfying to watch, while still wanting more, as does the season as a whole.

Great that is creating an adaptation of , but I would have much rather them rescue from its cancellation by Amazon. That show was off to such a promising start, and it would have been exciting to see how they would have handled the massive escalation of the struggle over that timeline.

memex.craphound.com/2019/01/21

memex.craphound.comAgency: William Gibson’s followup to The Peripheral turns Neuromancer on its head – Cory Doctorow's MEMEX

I have so many thoughts about - from the scenework & transitions to the set design, casting, costuming, & how fantastic the scripts are, to how well they are lighting every actor, the conscious decision they’re making to allow long looks, pauses, & details that speak for themselves. It is such a smart show, one that elevates every aspect of the original story & oh I’m so glad to finally meet Lowbeer.


(Plus the Burning Chrome nod this week was just perfect.)

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That one is heavily inspired, as a lifelong Gibson fan. I really love what his book and the show does in terms of, flipping between two worlds and showing the effects of that transit.

So I wanted to write a book in that vein, exploring near future tech. It's just 40k words still, but I have spent a lot of time in worldbuilding, character building, so maybe I've done 70k words in just random total counting reworked chapters.

re: --

what I'm noticing personally is that this future "American South" feels intentionally feel-good to me. Which sounds weird...but, Flynne and Barton are 'complicated' _sympathetic_ white protagonists, hearts-of-gold, etc., despite their very scary instincts & training. Which is a salable construct, but deserves to have an asterisk applied I think.

half-formed thought here: U.S. Southeast construed as violent-but-still-fun playground for Canadian speculative thought?