The Peripheral
Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780425276235 (0425276236)
ASIN: 0425276236
Publish date: 2015-10-06
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
In most science fiction, the future is a glamour (even when it's a gritty cyber-punk glamour) filled with almost-magical technologies that promise to make the world a different, usually better, place. William Gibson is a master at casting these glamours, tempting us with not-quite-fantastic extens...
It's difficult for me to know how to go about reviewing a book like this. I've read Gibson before, and this has sort of cemented my feelings on his writing. Gibson, at least in my opinion, is an amazing idea guy. I have to admire his ability to visualize possible futures, the way he can think tech a...
Rather late review for the September Speculative Fiction read.The Peripheral could be considered a successor to Stephenson's Snow Crash, with it's blurring of lines between meat space and cyber space. The country and economy as we know it isn't quite there, with business and money carving new terri...
(Reblogging to remind myself): *** The first pages will test you. William Gibson drops word after word of future slang, explaining none of it. I didn’t form a clear picture of what was happening in the story until I’d read two thirds of it. That can be frustrating for some readers, intriguing fo...
Brainycat's 5 "B"s:blood: 2boobs: 0bombs: 0bondage: 0 blasphemy: 0Bechdel Test: FAILDeggan's Rule: FAILGay Bechdel Test: FAILPlease note: I don't review to provide synopses, I review to share a purely visceral reaction to books and perhaps answer some of the questions I ask when I'm contemplating in...
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