"Closing his eyes, he felt for the knot of rage, the pure small coal of his anger."
— Gibson, William (b. 1948)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Ace Books
Date
1984
Metaphor
"Closing his eyes, he felt for the knot of rage, the pure small coal of his anger."
Metaphor in Context
He bought a mug of Carlsberg and found a place against the wall. Closing his eyes, he felt for the knot of rage, the pure small coal of his anger. It was there still. Where had it come from? He remembered feeling only a kind of bafflement at his maiming in Memphis, nothing at all when he'd killed to defend his dealing interests in Night City, and a slack sickness and loathing after Linda's death under the inflated dome. But no anger. Small and far away on the mind's screen, a semblance of Deane struck a semblance of an office wall in an explosion of brains and blood. He knew then: the rage had come in the arcade, when Wintermute rescinded the simstim ghost of Linda Yee, yanking away the simple animal promise of food, warmth, a place to sleep. But he hadn't become aware of it until his exchange with the holo-construct of Lonny Zone.
(p. 152)
(p. 152)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
William Gibson, Neuromancer (New York: Ace Books, 1984).
Date of Entry
07/31/2015
