> it was the literary trappings--the footnotes ... > The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.
I wonder how long it will be before Neuromancer needs a footnote to explain that when it was written, TV transmissions were analogue and tuning to an unused one gave noisy grey, not a solid blue or green.
no subject
Date: 2007-03-08 06:06 pm (UTC)...
> The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.
I wonder how long it will be before Neuromancer needs a footnote to explain that when it was written, TV transmissions were analogue and tuning to an unused one gave noisy grey, not a solid blue or green.