by William Gibson
Hippies have known about these dangerous technologies for a long time, and the state cracks down hard on them, and not entirely without good reason either. The world cannot run (for long anyway) on raves and drugs and loud music, any fool can see that. There is also a false economy in these supposed...
This collection of short stories is a great introduction to the Sprawl. I highly recommend this as it will give a greater understanding of the follow-on trilogy.
18:30 R4x 8th Sept
Some good, some not so good, [a:Gibson|9226|William Gibson|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1282769227p2/9226.jpg] works better in longer tanglier stories :)
Only one story that I didn't like...wow...that's impressive in a short story collection. "Johnny Mnemonic - 5 stars - definitely going to reread this story." "The Gernsback Continuum - 5 stars - I just recently read this story, but for the life of me can't remember where. even better the second time...
Re-read. I liked this volume, but not as much as I did many moons ago when I first read it. After the passage of many years, Gibson's stories seemed less revolutionary than they did before. Not because the WERE less revolutionary, but because the world and literature has changed in the intervening ...
It's been more than 10 years since I read the book, and my recollections of it have grown vague.Some of the stories are clearly better than others.I feel William Gibson's stories are pretty simplistic.But if you are scared about the future and/or you'd want to get a feel for what it's going to be li...
What I really loved was not the cyber-punky coolness, but rather the sensory details. Gibson has an incredibly descriptive style. Many years later, I still remember the story about meeting a girl with an exoskeleton at a party.
Very nice collection of Gibson's short fiction. It includes the story "Johnny Mnemonic."
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