Zero History

Decoding some cryptic Twitter chatter between William Gibson (GreatDismal) and Zak Strassberg (Overshee), hints that Zero History will not be published until "Next year, earliest." i.e 2010:

• @GreatDismal You're still writing, right? I hope so, your novels are amazing. I can't even count how many I've recommended Neuromancer to.
11:52 AM Jun 22nd from TweetDeck
• @Overshee Novel in progress is called Zero History.
11:54 AM Jun 22nd from web in reply to Overshee
• @GreatDismal Awesome! I look forward to reading it. Will it come out before September 15th? Otherwise I'll have to get it in the Pacific :)
11:56 AM Jun 22nd from TweetDeck in reply to GreatDismal
• @Overshee Next year, earliest.
12:07 PM Jun 22nd from web in reply to Overshee

Posted by Memetic Engineer at 6:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

A minor plot point, spotted on William Gibson's GreatDismal Twitter feed, and mirrored on the William Gibson Books discussion board: Spook World (transnational and interstitial)

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Originally posted by Juvenal:
3:13 PM May 23rd:

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Novelistic fact-checking request for UK readers: What color are the plastic take-away lids at the Caffè Nero chain?

3:23 PM May 23rd:

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White. Thanks. Minor plot point around woman not wearing the shade of lipstick evident on the coffee she pretends is hers.

The Caffè Nero website has photos of their ceramic cups for sale, but none of their disposable ones.

Spook Country blog & London CyberPunk tourist guide

Presumably this relates to the current Zero History novel in progress, rather than to

Finished a short story for a Canadian collection called Darwin's Bastards, new stories set in Vancouver. Assume it'll be out in 2010.

11:58 AM Jun 8th from web

See also the The fix is in WGB thread.

Posted by Memetic Engineer at 10:56 PM | Permalink