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Lev sabotages Flynne's treatment. Ash finds an unlikely ally. Wilf discovers some unsettling truths about Aelita. Flynne tries to save her world from Cherise.
posted by zztzed on Dec 2, 2022 - 30 comments

Lev sabotages Flynne's treatment. Ash finds an unlikely ally. Wilf discovers some unsettling truths about Aelita. Flynne tries to save her world from Cherise. [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on Dec 2, 2022 - 19 comments

Flynne, Burton and Conner meet with Lowbeer and are put to the test. Meanwhile, Ella’s life is in danger, and Tommy deals with the Sheriff and Corbell Pickett his own way.
posted by infinitewindow on Nov 26, 2022 - 12 comments

Flynne, Burton and Conner meet with Lowbeer and are put to the test. Meanwhile, Ella’s life is in danger, and Tommy deals with the Sheriff and Corbell Pickett his own way.
posted by zztzed on Nov 26, 2022 - 18 comments

Flynne and Wilf discover Aelita’s ties to the Neoprims. Inspector Lowbeer demands to meet Flynne, Burton and Conner.
posted by Coaticass on Nov 18, 2022 - 19 comments

The long-awaited Detective Ainsley Lowbeer enters the scene, amongst other intrigue.
posted by tovarisch on Nov 18, 2022 - 19 comments

Flynne's health takes a turn. Wilf visits Flynne in Clanton, deepening their relationship. [more inside]
posted by Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol on Nov 4, 2022 - 14 comments

Flynne’s health takes a turn. Wilf visits Flynne in Clanton, deepening their relationship.
posted by Zonker on Nov 4, 2022 - 17 comments

The investigation into Aelita's disappearance continues.
posted by mygothlaundry on Oct 29, 2022 - 19 comments

Flynne and Wilf seek Aelita; Burton addresses a new threat.
posted by Zonker on Oct 28, 2022 - 15 comments

Let’s talk about the show - and the book. [more inside]
posted by mygothlaundry on Oct 23, 2022 - 24 comments

Mercenaries raid the family home. Seeking answers, Flynne returns to the headset and learns it is not a game ... [more inside]
posted by Zonker on Oct 21, 2022 - 20 comments

Stuck in a small town without many prospects, Flynne Fisher is a brilliant gamer who works a dead end job to support her veteran brother and ailing mother. When her brother enlists her help playing an advanced video game known as a SIM , Flynne sees something she shouldn't, bringing real life danger to the family's doorstep. [more inside]
posted by Zonker on Oct 21, 2022 - 25 comments

In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits--and will kill him if the data is not removed in time--but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 19, 2021 - 16 comments

William Gibson's "sequel and prequel" to 2014's The Peripheral.
posted by Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol on Jan 23, 2020 - 23 comments

New Rose Hotel is a 1998 American cyberpunk erotic drama film co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe and Asia Argento. It is based on William Gibson's story of the same name.
posted by valkane on Oct 30, 2019 - 11 comments

William Gibson's 2014 novel is a noirish scifi thriller that, as usual for Gibson, raises many more questions than it answers. Set in two different-but-related post-apocalyptic worlds, it's something of a return to his early work, but by no means a rehash. [more inside]
posted by ubiquity on Jan 16, 2017 - 15 comments