[..] it was a very small joke, essentially pointing out that since what is arguably the most famous opening sentence in SF was published in 1984, the nature of what a “dead channel” looked like had completely changed, from grey static fuzz to a pure dead blue.
Neil Gaiman’s Journal: Some days the bear’s on top…
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