The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a
dead channel.
–William Gibson, Neuromancer
(1984)
I saw that it made the Top 100 Best First
Lines from Novels (link via Jason Kottke)
and it struck me that today's kids will get a vastly different feel
from that opening line than I did when reading the book as a kid.
Why?
Because the color of television, tuned to a dead channel, has changed in
the past twenty-two years. Twenty-two years, the color of television, tuned
to a dead channel was:
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a
dead channel.
–William Gibson, Neuromancer
(1984)
And the color of television, tuned to a dead channel, these days:
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a
dead channel.
–William Gibson, Neuromancer
(1984)
I don't think Mr. Gibson envisioned a bright blue sky for the opening of
his book.
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