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I really like “Hinterlands”. And in one sense, the Sprawl trilogy is about humanity losing first contact.

For this from a friend and had to share. And to thank you for your tolerance, Sunset and Moonrise:

Apropos of nothing, it would be very easy to make Neuromancer cosmic horror, if one were so inclined. As Ashpool tells Molly in part 4: “For thirty years. You weren’t born, when last I lay me down to sleep. They told us we wouldn’t dream, in that cold. They told us we’d never feel cold, either...

That’s a great lineup. Egan excels at calmly presenting truly chilling prospects. The chair legs and the intruders are both ghastly in different ways. Cyberpunk was in the air - people as different as Brunner and Tiptree were building foundations and roads - but it took Gibson to pull things...

I finished Truth and Fear, the second volume in Peter Higgins’ Wolfhound Empire trilogy, set in a fantasy realm like Stalinist Russia in many ways. I could try to say a lot about this book, but it may be more useful to quote a bit from the openings of consecutive chapters. Chapter 72...

Trains. Not magitech ones. There might be magical elements in them, but mostly they’re just trains. In civilized areas, you get the great cost per passenger/ton carried. In dangerous ones, they can be well armored and carry a bunch of defenders and still be a good deal for moving valuable goods...

They’re comparable to guitar strings.

A superb owl from Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC. (The owl represents the sound “m”.)

Let’s see. Classes: Bard, hunter, warlock, warlord Implicitly, this is a setting with Roman-style polytheism. Dedicated priests are NPCs; anyone can learn some ritual basics. Species: Dragonborn, lion people swiped from Monte Cook, tortles, warforged Human ruins exist; there may be...

Burning Chrome by William Gibson. A collection mostly of pre-Neuromancer short stories, including several that built out the Sprawl setting (“New Rose Hotel”, “Johnny Mnemonic”, “Burning Chrome”). Others range from present day weird fiction (“The Gernsback Continuum”) to Gateway-like future...

The portrayal of Holmes's that does most justice to the full mix of traits, I think, is Jeremy Brett’s. His Holmes is aristocratic and aloof, but also kind to those in need.

I’ve been figuring the Lakers, or possibly Liverpool. But I’ll settle for the Seahawks.