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![]() William Gibson, as a novelist, seems to have a special place in his heart for machines, using them to add a nineteenth century air to his work.
I think that the use of machines is meant to invoke an earlier time, the childhood of the character. It's a peculiar inversion, using machinery (and especially automata) to grant atmosphere or emotion to a book. I wonder if those of us who grew up in the period between the full flower of the great industrial machines (I'm thinking in particular of the Rouge steel plant in Michigan, a structure that really resonates with a nineteenth century vibe) and the Internet ascribe feelings of security to the idea of a machine warren.
And besides, if machines disappear somewhere and return shiny and recharged, ready for any task that comes, might you and I want to visit such a place? Comment/Join this discussion ( 2 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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