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tinco on Nov 29, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Obsolete Sounds: collection of disappearing sounds...

I think you mean Neil Gaiman? and I'm not sure if it's really famous.. at least not as famous as its use in Neuromancer?

duskwuff on Nov 29, 2022 | [–]

Correct, that was Neil Gaiman in Neverwhere:

> The sky was the perfect untroubled blue of a television screen, tuned to a dead channel.

He's written about the change in meaning of that line:

https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1546178115038334977

eru on Nov 30, 2022 | [–]

I probably mixed people up.

Well, not as famous as in Neuromancer, definitely.

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