http://www.artscatter.com/general/summer-reading-william-gibsons-spook-country/ a Portland-centric arts and culture blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:21:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.artscatter.com/general/summer-reading-william-gibsons-spook-country/#comment-1223 emile ajar Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:40:03 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=318#comment-1223 couldn't be happier to see VP back within the “consensual hallucination” couldn’t be happier to see VP back within the “consensual hallucination”

]]> http://www.artscatter.com/general/summer-reading-william-gibsons-spook-country/#comment-1202 A Life Once Lost » Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37:26 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=318#comment-1202 [...] Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” …of one culture in vague imitation of what had once been the culture of … Slip on a custom helmet and you see a life-like hologram of River [...] [...] Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” …of one culture in vague imitation of what had once been the culture of … Slip on a custom helmet and you see a life-like hologram of River [...]

]]> http://www.artscatter.com/general/summer-reading-william-gibsons-spook-country/#comment-1199 Another Bad Creation » Blog Archive » Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:38:39 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=318#comment-1199 [...] Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” Or perhaps container and cargo are another virtual creation, an element of the “consensual hallucination,” as Gibson calls the internet. spook 2 And these are the minor characters among the rich cast in Spook Country. … [...] [...] Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” Or perhaps container and cargo are another virtual creation, an element of the “consensual hallucination,” as Gibson calls the internet. spook 2 And these are the minor characters among the rich cast in Spook Country. … [...]

]]> http://www.artscatter.com/general/summer-reading-william-gibsons-spook-country/#comment-1198 Chemical Engineering » Blog Archive » Summer reading: William Gibson’s “Spook Country” Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:26:36 +0000 http://www.artscatter.com/?p=318#comment-1198 [...] Suitable Work wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Spook Country is the place of no fixed boundary, where official governments and their shadowy minions mingle, betraying friends and arming future enemies. The Dick Cheneys of the world assure us that what they do there is all for our own good and that we should sleep better at night for it, but we suspect that more than a little of what comes of it feathers their own beds. And more and more we know they really don’t have a clue. In the age of post-9/11 neo-surveillance, counter-terrorism is th [...] [...] Suitable Work wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Spook Country is the place of no fixed boundary, where official governments and their shadowy minions mingle, betraying friends and arming future enemies. The Dick Cheneys of the world assure us that what they do there is all for our own good and that we should sleep better at night for it, but we suspect that more than a little of what comes of it feathers their own beds. And more and more we know they really don’t have a clue. In the age of post-9/11 neo-surveillance, counter-terrorism is th [...]

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