Ken MacLeod’s novel The Sky Road<\/i> is set at least a few centuries in the future. I once argued that there’s a limit to how far it can be, because the protagonist plays some voice-recordings from our time without mentioning the strangeness of the language. But now it hits me: Maybe English won’t sound any stranger a thousand years from now than the Queen sounds in Glasgow (where part of The Sky Road<\/i> is set) today.<\/p>\n
Speaking of books, does the Mafia in Snow Crash<\/i> engage in any gainful trade other than pizza?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ken MacLeod’s novel The Sky Road is set at least a few centuries in the future. I once argued that there’s a limit to how far it can be, because the protagonist plays some voice-recordings from our time without mentioning … Continue reading