Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Gernsback Continuum - William Gibson

Well I can't really say that I enjoyed the story. I was confused throughout most of it. The photographer, from what I can gather, is trying to see what the 80's will be like as he is living in the 30's. Then he seems to decide that the 80's are much too ideal and wants to get back to his own world or reality. This is what I got from the story. I'm not too sure of a point, other than the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Maybe the author is telling us to be happy with what we have and to stop being so wishful for something else.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, the idea of those old ideas of the future being too ideal is key.