Neuromancer And Wintermute, Yo

I think I was seventeen old when I read Neuromancer for the first time. It changed my life, changed every idea I had about what was acceptable to write and what was not, changed my ideas about the future. It also inspired me to, rather embarrassingly, use the word "joeboys" in a short story for my sophomore Creative Writing class. And, even more embarrassing, inspired me to write a story called "The Osborn Continuum" about a BMX rider in the doldrums of the early Nineties who finds himself unexpectedly surrounded by... oh, the hell with that, nobody cares.

If you've read this month's Road&Track, you already know that my piece on the BMW i8 this month amounts to a tribute of sorts to Mr. Gibson and his ideas of the future. But if you haven't read it, now's your chance.

It's called Tomorrowland and it tells the story of my coastal trip in the i8. Check it out.