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T-shirts inspired by Gibson's Sprawl novels

Cory Doctorow at 8:29 am Wed, Aug 17, 2011

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Memetic Tees has a bunch of cute t-shirt designs based on William Gibson's classic Sprawl cyberpunk trilogy.

The Sprawl (via Super Punch)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • http://twitter.com/MadelineAshby Madeline Ashby

    But where is my Blue Ant Christmas ornament?

    • http://reefertees.com/ Reefer Tees Lover Ameer

      Are you sure you have checked your pockets properly? ;)

  • Rich Keller

    These are spiff, but personally I’m still holding out for a grey work uniform with an embroidered “Quine Org” logo on the breast pocket.

    • http://drwho.virtadpt.net/ The Doctor

       Why don’t you suggest it?

  • CountZero

    Apart from a Blue Ant figurine and a pair of Gabriel Hounds jeans, I’d like a Maas Neotek tee, but the logo has to go diagonally across the front.

  • Lobster

    Interesting, but they don’t really capture Gibson’s obsession with nipples.

  • s2redux

    They’re def triff, huh?
     

  • Wisconsin Platt

    Why do they never make these in the ubiquitous Business Casual Polo?  I’d love to show my affiliation with Tessier-Ashpool IT Department  polo, but it’s only ever T-Shirts.

    • http://profiles.google.com/hypothetical.planet Duncan Alexander

      I’m with you, Platt. Once you get out of college, black t-shirts every day just don’t cut it, even if they do suggest you work IT on an orbital.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Margaret-Trauth/100001646803052 Margaret Trauth

    The Babylon Port one is mighty tempting. But I wanna know if Gibson is getting his cut before I buy one.

    • penguinchris

      Gibson (@GreatDismal:twitter) discussed these on Twitter yesterday with a couple people who mentioned them to him, which I would guess is where Cory caught wind of them. They’re unauthorized and he doesn’t get a cut, but he considers it a positive thing when people do things like this (especially if they’re decent designs that people will actually buy, though I don’t particularly like all of these).

  • Charles Boulakia

    I don’t love any of these…  Besides, doesn’t anyone else think there’s something wrong with an ONO-SENDAI logo on an ipad case?  They’re kind of polar opposites to me…

  • Nicky G

    The Tessier Ashpool AI R&D shirt is very tempting, I’m really curious if anyone would catch the reference.

  • http://profiles.google.com/noto.chris Chris Noto

    I’ve got one of the Chatsubo tees, given to me by a brother, as a Christmas present. No one has caught the reference, yet, in eight months of occasional wear. Sight.

  • http://www.facebook.com/eddie.hilditch Eddie Hilditch

    These don’t hold a candle to my favourite Neuromancer t-shirt:

    http://www.the-affair.com/shirt/mighty-dub/
    Excellent quality too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-Roh/1730809473 Rachel Roh

    New Rose Hotel?