William Gibson
Birth date: November 13, 1914
Died: November 25, 2008
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This book caught me by surprise. I'd expected an inventive, plausible, fast-paced techno-thriller. What I got was a gentle meander through the politics and technologies of multiple versions of our world which was entertaining but never thrilling or even tense. The first book in this series, "The P...
This was a much better story than the Alien 3 film, which is pretty much all that need to be said. The opening is a recap of Aliens and where it left off. It then picks up the characters while they're in stasis on the Sulako. From there we get a thrilling tale of the xenomorph and their remarkabl...
Might be great for fans of that genre, but I didn't like it at all and gave up after an hour.
(Original Review, 1985)Isn't that just the thing? With the digital world, social media and the online life, comes an entirely new kind of creeping, monolithic conformity. When everywhere you go cookies are recording your choices, advertising companies can predict your needs and your boss is your fri...
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...
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