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There must be some Tommy Hilfiger event horizon, beyond which it is impossible to be more derivative, more removed from the source, more devoid of soul.
William Gibson
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William Gibson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 17
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Conway
South Carolina
William Ford Gibson
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To some extent I'm guilty of wishful thinking. The absence of the interstitial I find unbearable.
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The 'Net is a waste of time.
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We monitor many frequencies. We listen always. Came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. It played us a mighty dub.
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