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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Classic Gibson cyberpunk. (  ) kislam | Nov 28, 2009 |  Bringing them together and shaking them all about. Or that is possibly what is going to happen according to the nodal point expert from a previous novel. Also appearing are the down and out cop, the bike messenger, and more as whatever nodal man seems to see might be coming, he reckons it is big. Throw in a Tao warrior for the hell of it, and no, this book doesn't necessarily make a whole heap of sense. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/12... (  ) maketest | Aug 26, 2009 | Worth reading, but not his best: The many other reviews of All Tomorrow's Parties (a title I was completely unable to connect with the plot) have covered the waterfront pretty well on this, so I'll just chime in that Gibson is a far better writer than most sci-fi novelists, has an obvious gift for seeing where the trends in the present may lead in the future, and has written several more interesting novels than this one. I've never regretted reading any Gibson novel or story, and I've read almost all of them, and I read All Tomorrow's Parties in a few days. It does hold one's interest. But it's pretty much by the numbers. Gibson weavers together many characters on a collision course that doesn't catch up with them until near the end of the book, so we spend a great deal of time holding all these characters and subplots in suspension while we plug away, waiting to see how they all relate. Eventually, they do, and while I'd like to say "hang in there, it'll all pay off," I can't; the plot that holds them all together is very, very thin, and is more an excuse for a novel than a good reason for one. Gibson nonetheless tosses in a few interesting ideas, and a few memorable characters, but not much that I'll remember after a few months. iayork | Aug 9, 2009 | May09: Couldn't finish. Characters: Too many. Too cliche. Plot: VERY Cliche. Of course, Gibson did make the Cyberpunk genre, so it wasn't cliche when he did it. It was just too predictable and boring for me though. Too many character jumps. Style: All Gibson all the time. Either you like it or you don't. It just rubs me the wrong way now. I'd rather read Alfred Bester. Gibson tries to do too much Charles Dickens 'Multiple paths converge' crap for my tastes. (  ) Isamoor | May 26, 2009 | Yet another book in Gibson's typical style. He uses characters from Virtual Light and Idoru. I am always impressed with his ability to tell a story through the eyes and voices of different people and with how he steadily weaves together the stories of these people until we see how they all come together for a final event. ( ) cmcgough | Nov 15, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Colin sends Barry Rydell (last seen in Gibson's novel Virtual Light) to the bridge to find a mysterious killer who reveals himself only by his lack of presence on the Net. Barry is also entrusted with a strange package that seems to be the home of Rei Toi, the computer-generated "idol singer" who once tried to "marry" a human rock star (she's also from Idoru). Barry and Rei Toi are eventually joined by Barry's old girlfriend Chevette (from Virtual Light) and a young boy named Silencio who has an unnatural fascination with watches. Together this motley assortment of characters holds the key to stopping billionaire Cody Harwood from doing whatever it is that will make sure he still holds the reigns of power after the nodal point takes place.
Although All Tomorrow's Parties includes characters from two of Gibson's earlier novels, it's not a direct sequel to either. It's a stand-alone book that is possibly Gibson's best solo work since Neuromancer. In the past, Gibson has let his brilliant prose overwhelm what were often lackluster (or nonexistent) story lines, but this book has it all: a good story, electric writing, and a group of likable and believable characters who are out to save the world ... kind of. The ending is not quite as supercharged as the rest of the novel and so comes off a bit flat, but overall this is definitely a winner. --Craig E. Engler
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