31 min
All Tomorrow's Parties (William Gibson) In-Depth Book Discussion A Phil Svitek Podcast - A Series From Your 360 Creative Coach
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- Self-Improvement
Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and I are book lovers and we've decided to do a monthly in-depth book discussion. Our third book is All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson and next month we'll be chatting about Jane Langton's The Diamond in the Window.
What's All Tomorrow's Parties about?
"Colin Laney, sensitive to patterns of information like no one else on earth, currently resides in a cardboard box in Tokyo. His body shakes with fever dreams, but his mind roams free as always, and he knows something is about to happen. Not in Tokyo; he will not see this thing himself. Something is about to happen in San Francisco.
The mists make it easy to hide, if hiding is what you want, and even at the best of times reality there seems to shift. A gray man moves elegantly through the mists, leaving bodies in his wake, so that a tide of absences alerts Laney to his presence. A boy named Silencio does not speak, but flies through webs of cyber-information in search of the one object that has seized his imagination. And Rei Toi, the Japanese Idoru, continues her study of all things human. She herself is not human, not quite, but she’s working on it. And in the mists of San Francisco, at this rare moment in history, who is to say what is or is not impossible..."
Thanks for tuning in. Also, feel free to ask questions or offer opinions of your own, whether down in the comment section or by hitting me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com.
RESOURCES/LINKS:
-Coach or Consultant Services: https://philsvitek.com/lets-work-together/
-Podcast Services: http://philsvitek.com/podcastservices
-Love Market Film (available now): https://www.amazon.com/Love-Market-Amy-Cassandra-Martinez/dp/B09DFS3FTZ/ref=sr_1_14
-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philsvitek
-Merchandise: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/phil-svitek---360-creative-coach/
-Instagram: http://instagram.com/philsvitek
-Facebook: http://facebook.com/philippsvitek
-Twitter: http://twitter.com/philsvitek
-Financially Fit Foundation: http://financiallyfitfoundation.org
-Master Mental Fortitude Book: http://mastermentalfortitude.com
-Elan, Elan Book: http://philsvitek.com/elan-elan
-In Search of Sunrise Book: http://philsvitek.com/in-search-of-sunrise
-A Bogotá Trip Film: https://philsvitek.com/a-bogota-trip/
Marisa Serafini (@serafinitv) and I are book lovers and we've decided to do a monthly in-depth book discussion. Our third book is All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson and next month we'll be chatting about Jane Langton's The Diamond in the Window.
What's All Tomorrow's Parties about?
"Colin Laney, sensitive to patterns of information like no one else on earth, currently resides in a cardboard box in Tokyo. His body shakes with fever dreams, but his mind roams free as always, and he knows something is about to happen. Not in Tokyo; he will not see this thing himself. Something is about to happen in San Francisco.
The mists make it easy to hide, if hiding is what you want, and even at the best of times reality there seems to shift. A gray man moves elegantly through the mists, leaving bodies in his wake, so that a tide of absences alerts Laney to his presence. A boy named Silencio does not speak, but flies through webs of cyber-information in search of the one object that has seized his imagination. And Rei Toi, the Japanese Idoru, continues her study of all things human. She herself is not human, not quite, but she’s working on it. And in the mists of San Francisco, at this rare moment in history, who is to say what is or is not impossible..."
Thanks for tuning in. Also, feel free to ask questions or offer opinions of your own, whether down in the comment section or by hitting me up on social media @PhilSvitek. Lastly, for more free resources from your 360 creative coach, check out my website at http://philsvitek.com.
RESOURCES/LINKS:
-Coach or Consultant Services: https://philsvitek.com/lets-work-together/
-Podcast Services: http://philsvitek.com/podcastservices
-Love Market Film (available now): https://www.amazon.com/Love-Market-Amy-Cassandra-Martinez/dp/B09DFS3FTZ/ref=sr_1_14
-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philsvitek
-Merchandise: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/phil-svitek---360-creative-coach/
-Instagram: http://instagram.com/philsvitek
-Facebook: http://facebook.com/philippsvitek
-Twitter: http://twitter.com/philsvitek
-Financially Fit Foundation: http://financiallyfitfoundation.org
-Master Mental Fortitude Book: http://mastermentalfortitude.com
-Elan, Elan Book: http://philsvitek.com/elan-elan
-In Search of Sunrise Book: http://philsvitek.com/in-search-of-sunrise
-A Bogotá Trip Film: https://philsvitek.com/a-bogota-trip/
31 min