Gibson's great as a noir writer.

It's pretty annoying for him to refer to himself as "a Futurist" because that's a label everyone should avoid like the plague. Futurists are people who are inevitably and embarrassingly wrong.

@2, i fear you. you are hardcore. fear you in every way.

@2,

pity you can't appreciate what Gibson's done since. he's no longer writing science fiction, or cyber punk. with Pattern Recognition he simply moved into literature. he's demonstrated,convincingly, that the future is already here, just not evenly distributed.

but, stick with (excellent)juvenalia, genre fiction and comic books if you must.

i also wonder if you get confused when you read Charles Stross - it must be confusing for you when a writer changes styles and concerns.