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Richard Kettlewell ([personal profile] ewx) wrote2003-01-21 09:00 am
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I bought a new bike last week, my old one having become old and busted in one too many ways. TTTT it might well be repairable to provide a backup bike, but having got a new one I'm glad I did - it's much nicer. I had a little trouble getting used to having 3x6 derailleur gears at first (old bike has only 3-speed hub gears) but that seems to be largely sorted now.

What else has been going on lately? Watched Strange Days with [livejournal.com profile] lark_ascending and greatly enjoyed it. It sounds from the blurb a bit like a Greg Egan short story, and is set in the technological and social future but the numerical past (the climax of the plot centres around a huge Y2K party), which feels a little odd; I wonder if they had that in mind when they mind it (mid '90s). I might wibble about it some more when I have more time.

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[identity profile] marnameow.livejournal.com 2003-01-21 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Strange Days sounds a bit Michael Marshall Smith-ish. Maybe I should watch movies more often....
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[identity profile] ewx.livejournal.com 2003-01-22 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
I ought to read some more MMS soon.

Y2K

[identity profile] ceb.livejournal.com 2003-01-21 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
They showed it on 31st January 1999; now *that* was odd to watch...
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[personal profile] sparrowsion 2003-01-21 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
The blurb for Strange Days always reminded me strongly of a book I read from the library in the late 80s called Down Time. However, it was so long between reading it and actually seeing Strange Days that I can't recall how well they matched up. But I've certainly seen less faithful adaptations which admitted which book they were supposed to be based on.
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