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.
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Great that #AppleTV is creating an adaptation of #Neuromancer, but I would have much rather them rescue #ThePeripheral 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.comAgency: William Gibson’s followup to The Peripheral turns Neuromancer on its head – Cory Doctorow's MEMEX
Damn, I was so very much looking forward to more of #ThePeripheral.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-peripheral-canceled-amazon-no-season-2-1235570179/
The Hollywood Reporter · ‘The Peripheral’ Season 2 Scrapped at Amazon
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Also recorded an episode of THE INCOMPARABLE #podcast about #ThePeripheral, which I loved.
It's been a good podcast day!
Last hour of Thanksgiving break before going to sleep for crack-of-dawn wakeup for work. Wife/kid are occupied. Spending it watching this week's episode of #ThePeripheral . Glass of chocolate/banana-flavored whisky on the rocks. An okay evening.
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I promise this feed will not become a stack of #ThePeripheral fangirling.
I mostly promise.
Ok it might.
I have so many thoughts about #ThePeripheral - 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.
#spoilers
(Plus the Burning Chrome nod this week was just perfect.)
In related #ThePeripheral news just read that #Westworld has been cancelled. Pour one out for a wonderfully ambitious show. Sad to see it end.
But glad Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan can devote their full attention to #Fallout and #ThePeripheral TV shows.
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That one is heavily #ThePeripheral 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: #ThePeripheral --
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?
well, so, yes: #ThePeripheral is really good. (we are two episodes in: my partner was like "hopefully this is just one season, because it's...very addictive.")
Yowza! The latest episode of #ThePeripheral had some real heavy in it. Bit close to now for comfort.
Well, another #friday, another episode of #ThePeripheral 
#SciFi
Is anyone watching #ThePeripheral #tv show? I understand it's a William Gibson adaptation.
The pilot was promising for decent #SF.
I read a really lazy, smug review of #ThePeripheral in the telegraph (online) that wanged on about how it was a "meta mess" (haha see what he did there?) I dunno, I'm really enjoying it. ##
Episode 1 of #ThePeripheral was cracking. Episode 2 was a bit slower... Let's hope it keeps the pace up... ##