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   Notes from lunch at a Thai restaurant somewhere in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
                                        
As I was sliding my way into the booth, I noticed that the older gentleman in
the booth next to ours had an uncanny resemblance to William Gibson [1], a
writer well known for his cyberpunk novels _Neuromancer_ [2], _Count Zero_
[3] and _Mona Lisa Overdrive_ [4]. It was amazing to think that I might be in
the presense of the William Gibson, but I did a quick scan of the restaurant,
on the lookout for Neal Stephenson [5], cyberpunk author as well, known for
_Snow Crash_ [6], _The Diamond Age_ [7] and _Cryptonomicon_ [8]. It was too
much to hope for, and too terrible to contemplate the both of them being in
the same place [9].

[1] http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/
[2] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O76ON6/conmanlaborat-20
[3] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000PDYVZM/conmanlaborat-20
[4] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B009QJMUAY/conmanlaborat-20
[5] http://nealstephenson.com/
[6] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FBJCJE/conmanlaborat-20
[7] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FBJCKI/conmanlaborat-20
[8] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FC11A6/conmanlaborat-20
[9] http://www.williamgibsonboard.com/topic/4393793104032353

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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