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Friday, February 4, 2011

My new fave writer: Warren Ellis: On real versus digital experiences (Wired UK)

Excerpt:

From the March issue of WiredUK:

"...The last bastion of civilisation has fallen. My London hotel of choice has banned smoking in all its rooms, a week before I specifically requested and apparently secured a smoking room. I arrived with an elegantly yellowed netbook, a gentlemanly seven or eight packets of cigarettes, lighters and spare pair of lungs, only to be told that, no, sir, you may not partake of vaporous refreshments in the paid-for privacy of your not-inexpensive human hutch...."

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