And then you'll check the published date and see that it was written in 1984. Passages about Cyberspace to be a pretty accurate description of where we are now, and where we're heading in the near future. If you read Neuromancer for example, you'll find his They are closer to near future foretelling. They are more than the usual science fiction "what if"s. Gibson has a knack for coming up with these "ideas". I love William Gibson.Īnd there are moments in this book where his nearly prophetic imagination shines through. It isn't that tight braid where each thread is essential that i would have expected from Gibson. When the three stories do finally converge, it feels more like that magical tangle of knots that even carefully coiled electrical cords devolve into over time. And if an author is going to take it on, it needs to be tight, it needs to be a convergence that the reader cares about, and preferably there is some new twist that hasn't been done before. That's not a new literary device by any stretch. You know that they are going to somehow influence each other, or come crashing together at Spook country takes three different story lines and works them separately. Those are shining examples of what Gibson is capable of. If you haven't read any other William Gibson novels, stay the hell away from this one.
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