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I loaned cpr94 my copy of Delany's Dhalgren today. I will be interested to hear his reaction.

technology alters literature

The opening sentence to William Gibson's Neuromancer is:

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

I always thought that this image was very evocative. It has occurred to me, however, that these days it just means that the sky was blue.