the Honourable thing to do...

[oh_contraire]

So, like yay and stuff! I probably have an Honours topic and supervisor!

It's kind of a relief.

So, my topic will probably be "Posthumanism in the works of William Gibson and possibly Michel Houllebecq if I can fudge enough French to do that but probably not", and it's all good, and my supervisor is tres cool, and I have readings and stuff

Comments

[delirieuse]

That's really nifty! I'd love to read your thesis when you're done.

[oh_contraire]

If I make it to the end of the year, it's a deal. :)
I can't promise it will be particularly interesting, but there are worse ways to pass a year, I suppose. :)

Hooray!

[chilung]

Hears to hoping the over-analytical thing doesn't kick in too early.
Its nice to have a little brain space when you enjoy something sometimes.
But then what do I mean by that? I don't know do you?

Re: Hooray!

[oh_contraire]

Heheh. Brain space? Naaah... I mean, I only enjoy Gibson when I'm studying it - it's not something I really read for fun. Which probably makes me odd, but I don't really care. *nods*

[entheo]

Gee, if you want Posthumanism, you should check out Greg Egan.

[oh_contraire]

I think that name maybe sounds familiar but I don't know who that is.
Who is that?
:P

[entheo]

well here is his website, here's the Wikipedia entry for him, and a person's entry on one of his books

for cyberpunk, I recomend Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.