BOOK REVIEW: ‘Prophet of cyberspace’ focuses on AI and climate change

For a science-fiction writer who has conjured up some remarkably vivid visions of the future, and even coined the word cyberspace, William Gibson seems stubbornly stuck in the present, and the past.

Though his latest novel Agency is partly set in a post-apocalyptic London a century in the future, it is also about the intertwined fates of a group of characters in San Francisco in 2017 living in a reimagined past in which Hillary Clinton became president and Brexit never happened. One of the novel’s central concerns is how people in the future can revisit alternative histories, or “stubs”, as he calls them.

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

BOOK REVIEW: A Hitler we have not seen beforeVolker Ullrich's 'Hitler: Downfall 1939-45' may make for uncomfortable reading as we are accustomed to regarding Hitler as inhumane.
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

LeBron James publishes a book for kidsThree-time NBA champion LeBron James is trying his hand at writing children’s books. Illustrated by New York Times bestselling children’s book artist Nina Mata, HarperCollins Publishers’ two-book deal with the LeBron James Foundation was inspired by
Source: City_Press - 🏆 7. / 72 Read more »

Mboweni urged to support exporters, entrepreneurs in budget reviewFinance Minister Tito Mboweni's annual budget review should offer concrete measures to boost exports and support small and medium enterprises.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

PSA slam government proposal to review 2020 wage agreementThe Public Servants Association says public servants cannot afford to sacrifice their salary increments. Everyone must become poorer under socialism, except maybe the political elites. Then at some point govt will run out of other peoples money, there will be pain and despair for a period - soul searching. Then come the needed capitalist reforms. This process can take decades. PSA has no moral right to complain on behalf of public servants. PIC invested and lost money at Steinhoff, PSA was there but actually said the PIC will continue to invest at Steinhoff. Let tito buy the Corana and see SA GLOW IN WEALTH GEN; by FUNERAL_parlours, for he don't have the knowledge of the Solution that the president prayed for,,
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »

ISAAH MHLANGA: Mboweni’s Budget Review not bold enough to curtail the rising debt trajectoryWhile the 2020 budget reduces the government wage bill, the savings envisaged are simply re-allocated to support struggling SOEs When has an ANC deployee been ever been bold?
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

The Budget Review simply confirms just how slow progress isIt is unlikely that Moody’s will be encouraged by the 2020 budget, write Lullu Krugel and Christie Viljoen
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »