Sons of the Neon Chrysanthemum

Book Review in the Key of Chrome

Burning Chrome.

You HAVE to have a copy of this book.

But you won't have mine; it's so worn that even the tape I used to fix it has fallen apart a couple of times.

Anyway:

William Gibson. If I die and come back from whatever realm writers go to, I will be blessd beyond measure to come back with even half of the relentless, ruthless, tense cyberpunk optimism of William Gibson.

Johnny Mnemonic. The tale. The true story as it was meant to be told. Not that godawful Keanu Reeves "Matrix Lite" action vehicle, but the saga of one "brainbucket" finding his niche in a dangerous, decrepit neon world.

The Belonging Kind. Surreal horror eroticism loosely fed into an evolutionary-theory mechanism. Red-hot and creepy as hell, without any gore whatsoever, and a thick touch of dark humor.

The Gernsback Continuum. Fucking brilliant. End of story.

Dogfight. Not as good, but a nice way to wrap up the anthology.

And everything in between. (Including the title story.)

Definitely worth the money. 'Nuff said.

(A word of caution: do not buy his novels, his novels are crap. He excels at short stories, but only at short stories.)

Now You've Done It

Taking After

I never saw my fic in terms of fonts until someone mentioned it.

MK stories are still in "default"; too many years of lecturing ("don't specify fonts no one else can seeeeeee!") to really change that.

But I'm beginning to see all my Matrix fic in Arial. And only in Arial.

Why in the world my brain picked such a boring font is a complete mystery, except that it "feels" right.

Bouncin' out, now.

Seeya :^)

Slash It Up

Everybody's Smashing Things Down

I did some work with my favorite Matrix pairing.

Yes, I could do this myself, with characters of my own, and get paid for it.

But then it wouldn't be Smith/Neo.

And I want to see Smith/Neo.

That means I will have my Smith/Neo, even if I have to write it all myself. *Guards it jealously* MY Smith/Neo! MINE! >^D

They belong to me >^D

Well, perhaps not in the legal, proprietary sense...

But they're more my bitches than 'Leena and her mate ever will be.

NEO: I'm nobody's bitch!

SMITH: Of course not, Mr. Anderson...now come here. (*SMIRK*)

Although, I have been thinking, rather loosely, of doing an original series, based on the concept of that relationship: a slacker-hacker and a government agent, the modern Odd Couple. With sex.

Sorta if Thomas took the blue pill and Smith moved in. Only in my world with my names and situations, none of which have to do with people in vats of goo or vampiric Eurotrash computer programs or albino Twins or bizarre half-naked raves in mud pits...

Hmm. Well, maybe with the bizarre half-naked raves in mud-pits >^D

Oh wait, don't they already have this, and isn't it called Queer as Folk?

Maybe. *Shrug*. How the hell would I know? I've never seen the show.

I'm gonna go plonk out some thoughts for it, now.

See you 'round :^)

If you're still with me after that slashlet, that is ;^p

'Bye ^_^