I struggled to find a reason to give this 3 stars and... I couldn't. Because the first book in the series, Pattern Recognition, was okay, and I gave it 3 stars, and this book just... did nothing for me. Usually 2 stars means I actively disliked or was annoyed by a book (as opposed to 1 star, which m...
I think most folks come to know William Gibson’s works through his cyberpunk books like Neuromancer. The Blue Ant Trilogy is some of his latest work and this is my second Gibson book. I have been mightily impressed and entertained by his writing so far that I have added all his works to my TBR mount...
I haven't read any Gibson in a while. It was a pleasant read, skipping quickly between 3 sets of characters who will, of course, sort of, meet up. Spooks come in different flavors, from creepy kidnapper to magnate to ex-rock star. They all kept themselves aloof, as spooks will, and it was never v...
I remember when William Gibson first appeared in print and the subsequent big splash that followed. Although the sentences could make an english teacher wince, cyberpunk became known to one and all. Fast forward to the present and the lack of science fiction in his latest works, and the feel is diff...
Set in the same world as Pattern Recognition. Hollis Henry, former singer for a 90s band with a cult following, is now a freelance journalist. While investigating an underground art scene, she stumbles across a conspiracy that stretches across the globe. Young man Tito and junkie/linguist Milgrim...
Gibson has this very cool writing style that's just a little off, such that you can't quite identify how. Although the story is presumably set in the present of its publishing (2007) a date isn't stated. Something is up. One thread follows a journalist hired by a soon-to-be (maybe?) new magazine ...
Spook Country is less about its plot than it is about the idea that activities and images occur around you and you may never see or know about them. This is illustrated by a number of related narratives and descriptions that demonstrate this idea in action.Spook Country is not about the story, but a...
I will freely admit that part of my problem with this book probably stems from the fact that I read about 5 chapters a day over a prolonged period of time. It made an already chunky plot more confusing.I think the idea of locative art is both interesting and a little horrifying. Our visual space i...
When I read Hemingway, in all the minimalism and tense dialogue, I notice that he really does a rather florid job of describing alcohol: the taste, the smell, the experience of getting shellaced, all that. Alcohol was his intimate friend, how could he not write that way about it? He notes its every ...
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