"*cosy catastrophe"

Nov. 12, 2014 | Smith, Jeffrey. “The Sky Thief.” Rolling Stone, July-August 2021.

Notes to Self are longer journal entries from Seven Yrs Ago. I was 21 late 2014.

William Gibson: “noir prophet” of the cyberpunk genre. Steampunk, post-cyberpunk. Neuromancer (1984)

*cosy catastrophe — post-apocalyptic scifi in which everyone in civilization dies except for the main characters, now freed from prior constraints of civilization

*Ursula Le Guin — writer of soft science fiction

Write the elements + characters I want first, then overlay the genre/world

JG Ballard

What is my vision of the future? e.g. proliferation of tech. Perhaps take existing tech and expand it?

For commentary seven years later, go here.