BL>> he wrote an SF marvel called SNOW CRASH, years ago...

RB>> That I've heard of, but never got round to reading.

BL> If you liked William Gibson, this is the antidote.

RB> Um. Do you mean it turns you off Gibson, or gives you a fix?

 It's the same sort of world as Gibson's, but the virtual reality
is more insane and will probably happen. One idea I remember is robot
dogs in instant communication with each other (when one dog barks,
they all do).

BL> Monty Python was almost-always over the line, anyway. You
BL> needed a course in irony to get past the bad taste to see the
BL> funny part.

RB> It was all part of the Sixties zeitgeist, I suppose, and it
RB> went over my head.

 Was Monty Python sixties? I thought it was seventies. Goons were
fifties, Tony Hancock was sixties, and Python... 

Regards,
Bob
 

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