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PCouture t1_iy75m6v wrote

Reply to comment by Za_Lords_Guard in Neuromancer isn’t as hard as I’ve heard… by mikeyboi2567

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

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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iy78hhv wrote

The sad part is that younger generations would expect that to be a blue "no signal" screen. But that line sets the stage so well.

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PCouture t1_iy7az9l wrote

"The ocean below the port was the color of a television, unable to get a signal from HDMI 1"

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Loan-Cute t1_iy9h4ck wrote

I think one of Neil Gaiman's books opens with just that "the sky was the blue of a television turned to a dead channel", as an homage. Neverwhere maybe?

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_iyb6kc1 wrote

I remember someone going "HA! If they're l33t haxxors, then why don't they have smartphones?"

Then everyone pointed out those are basically tracking devices...

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mykepagan t1_iy895gj wrote

I had to explain that one to my daughter when she read Neuromancer in 2017. She was like: “The sky was black?. I wanted to find something to demonstrate TV static… had to go to Youtube. No CRTs left in my house!

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