Today for #OnlySky (well, the first of two, I think - but coffee before I post the next), a TV review and some #SciFi talk.
Specifically, I look at The Peripheral: William Gibson's version, and the version presented by Amazon Prime in its freshly launched TV adaptation. Are you watching?
Sadly, a lot is lost in the choice to soften the class politics in Gibson's future thinking. ⬇️ When *will* we get better at bringing class into the equation?
#CoSoTV
https://onlysky.media/mclark/the-peripheral-plays-it-safe-with-william-gibsons-future-thinking/
@MLClark
FMI the book is available and discounted:
(Where do you buy books in Colombia?)
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-peripheral-william-gibson/15543159
@b4cks4w Colombia has the Panamericana franchise (like Chapters meets Staples), and a few little bookshops in central Medellín malls. Beyond that, and a few shelves at the supermarket, libraries are few and far between. (No bookstores or libraries near me!) The only English books I buy are on Kindle (or review copies in other e-formats). If I buy a paperback? It's Spanish, and I have a rule about finishing the last before buying the next, to keep my Spanish improving: always more words to learn!
@b4cks4w I will add that the libraries there are, like the main branch in Centro, are fabulously integrated affairs, and you can find some stalls heaped with old books in Centro, too. Plus, there's a fantastic annual book fair, and little travelling fairs all the year round. So - best way of describing the lit economy here is highly uneven. Not much stable infrastructure built around reading, but a love for books still crops up in pockets all the same.