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much better pacing than the first book.

Revisado: 12-03-22

Much better pacing than the first book. The surges are pretty hokey though. The first ones revealed are the best. Unfortunately death ia of no consequence in this world either. By the end of the story two characters have been resurected.

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A nice look under the hood of William Gibson's min

Revisado: 10-24-22

I've just finished all of William Gibson's published works as of October 2022. I left this one for last. I especially enjoyed his then contemporary writtings of his impressions of the early Internet, and several major cities including New York, London, Singapore and of course Tokyo and Japan.

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A slow roll for the first 25 hours

Revisado: 10-20-22

The book is a slow roll for the first 25 hours but most everything that isn't set up for future books is explained by the end. Stick with it. It gets better and better. The two narrators are very good too.

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Wow! What a beautiful world

Revisado: 09-16-22

WOW! Gibson brushes this book off in interviews but it is such a jem! How did two American authors manage to translate American English into such intricate 1850's Queens English? And "the great stink" I had never heard of it before now. What a great backdrop for plotting and conspiracy. This story has the only detailed sex scene in all of Gibson's novels. I'll have to check out Sterling's work soon. This is one of Gibson's best works.

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Easier to follow than the Periphiral but political

Revisado: 07-11-22

This book was easier to follow than the peripheral but the magical capabilities of the AI and tech in general trips my uncanny valley receptors. This book was among Gibsons most rose colored of future worlds but I really don't like where sci fi is going in general. Gibson barely camoflages his feelings about the Trump v. Clinton election and Star Trek Discovery gave Stacy Abrams a role recently. Traditionally Sci Fi makes political stances on issues but stops short of endorsing or condemning politicians. I don't like that that high minded decorum is disappearing. Sci Fi is alienating a lot of people they would otherwise reach. Its going further as well in realms of inclusivity, now making stands with fully gendered and racialized AI. Again these consepts were addressed better in ages past, using the genre to make positions more abstract and palatable to all readers.

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Confusing at first...

Revisado: 07-08-22

Gibson intentionally drops the reader right in to all his worlds. This one was too sketch and confusing at first then again at the end. I do like how he strives to show how people interact with technology on an everyday level. The concepts here are not new but the way he interplays them with character driven narratives is the draw. This isn't his best work but it is still a great story.

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A little harsh, hearing Cyberpunk satirized

Revisado: 06-22-22

I've been taking William Gibson's novels inseries. I took a break for this. It was grating, hearing, in the audiobook, Gibson's genre satirized llike this. Still, the faux historical concepts (I did look them up - no such things as nam shuds) and the expositinal elements were compeling but everything else, although well described, were fantastical elements bolted on to a satriracle storyline. However, the voice actor did a superlative job at delivering the story. Its worth the audiobook just to hear him perform it.

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Gibson's weakest story yet.

Revisado: 05-25-22

I've been taking Gibson's novels in order of release. Oddly, I thought Pattern recognition was his best because of the primary heroine and the way he pulled 9/11 together in a way that held meaning in 2022 post pandemic. This one however lacks strong direction or characters and the performance is a baratone bland with poor accents. Gibson continues to attempt and fail at writing latino characters and cultures.

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I've been taking his books in order. This is the b

Revisado: 05-13-22

Its 2022, I've been reading or listening to Gibson's books for the past decade, trying to understand the primary author, my fantasy fictional author, who helped create me, and thereby recover something of myself. This, so far, has been his best because it was, at the time, a contemporary story that helped me place myself in a time when nothing else could and after this pandemic, when also nothingnelse has. I very deeply enjoy Gibson's comentary on culture and society, especially this time free of the artifice of the distant tomorrowland that never was. A+

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Must read. Whistle blower not conspiracy theorist

Revisado: 04-24-22

Very thorough but repetitive it reminds me of "Silent Spring" or "How the Other Half Lives" both milestones in social activism in their own right and both very repetitive. But you owe it to yourself, your family and your coubtry to read all of it. If the Trumpies are in a cult and need to be deprogrammed then so do the wokies who believe in violating everyone to force vaccinations.

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