"For a writer like Gibson, the world is obviously less one of plagiarism than what Raymond Federman refers to as pla(y)giarism, a freeplay of suspension and acceptance, an acknowledgment that the universe is one of intertextuality where no one text has any more or less authority than any other. Writing becomes retro-writing. Language and ideas, like glass bottles and aluminium cans, become recyclable"
Truly interesting to find an author that uses intertextuality as a very important element in his creations, and this is (obviously) strongly related to what we were talking about in the last test we sent the listserv related to Copyright and the use of creative products of some artists by other individuals to create their own products. Though his influences don't stop in intertextuality and other literary elements in Sci-Fi. However, if you would like to understand better the concept of intertextuality you can click here and discover a very important part of semiotics