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tartley.comby William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1990) A quick re-read, inspired by a recent visit to the Science Museum, where we were enthralled by our meanderings around various astonishing artifacts: The rickety-looking Apollo 10 capsule, charred from re-entry, having journeyed to within 9 miles of the moon and back again. Stevenson’s Rocket, not, as I [...]
A special highlight, as is so often the case, is the image featured in the exhibition’s promotions, Sophia (left), by Billy & Hells, one in a series of photographs that emulates the type of lighting effects favoured by Dutch golden age painters. Other than that though, the exhibition left me somewhat flat, consisting pretty much [...]
The lovely Susan and I managed to nip into the Game On exhibit at the Science Museum, back in February, just before it ended. I was so glad that we did – what a delight it was! I couldn’t believe the assemblage of classic hardware they had packed into those rooms, all working and playable. [...]
