Arthur wrote:
> One of my colleagues used to urge me to read more science fiction.
> I replied that I don't have to: I am living science fiction every
> day.
I felt that I was trying to describe an unthinkable present and
I actually feel that science fiction's best use today is the
exploration of contemporary reality rather than any attempt to
predict where we are going. The best thing you can do with
science today is use it to explore the present. Earth is the
alien planet now. -- William Gibson, 1997
We live in a world where emissions from our refrigerators have
caused the ozone layer to evaporate and we'll get skin cancer if
we sunbathe. If that's not a science fiction scenario, I don't
know what is. -- William Gibson
The future is already here -- it's just unevenly distributed.
-- William Gibson (2000)
--
Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~.
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