Re:Historical Record (Score 1)

Small world, indeed. That was Dark Carnival in Berkeley, and the book was the Difference Engine. Bruce Sterling was there as well. I remember him mentioning using a typewriter, but I think that was for the Neuromancer trilogy, not his work after that. I got the distinct impression however that he was not much of a technology enthusiast personally, along with what I took as almost physical dislike of the "cyberpunk" label. I don't know if my impression of his work has changed so much as that I simply have gotten older and seen more of the world. Neuromancer in 2005 simply can't have the same impact that it did on me in the summer of 1986, when a friend lent me his copy.