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Loading... Pattern Recognition (2003)by William Gibson
dreamlike, written in the present tense so reads oddly, reminiscent of D.Koontz but without the horror and ends without an explosion of any sort (  ) EhEh | Apr 3, 2013 |  Not what I expected from Gibson; the book is set around 2002 (9/11 plays a major role), and on the one hand it's supposed to be futuristic Sci-Fi (it's a Gibson, after all), but on the other hand, it's full of references to outdated technology, making it feel a bit old. I mean, it's hard for me to seriously take a book as Sci-Fi or cyberpunk when the heroine is using an ancient Mac which she has to plug into a landline to go online. There's lots of name-dropping in the book (famous brands and so on), but it's elegantly tied into the plot, so it doesn't feel like The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in that respect. That said, there are other obvious parallels, not the least of which is the young wiry-thin female heroine. Reading it now, in 2012, parts of it feel a bit strained and overwrought -- like Gibson was really trying to impress with convoluted prose. But that's not something I'd say about the book as a whole: Many of the descriptions are striking and fun to read (the Moscow subway stations, for example). All in all, this is a nice book, but don't expect anything earth-shattering. An okay read. ( ) ezuk | Apr 3, 2013 | La narrativa es buena -aunque hay gente que nno les gusta el estilo de William Gibson. La historia está dos tres -la resolución se me hizo floja. El personaje principal me pareció la mujer más aburrida del planeta Tierra; al contrario que varios de los personajes secundarios, que están muy bien hechos. Pudo haber estado mucho mejor. (  ) Don.A | Apr 1, 2013 | I'm a big fan of Gibson's early novels, but found Pattern Recognition a little hard to warm up to. His insights -- as usual -- feel simultaneously surprising and entirely plausible. Yet in this case, I found the plot a little implausible (especially late in the book) and the characters uninteresting. Not my favorite, but still quality stuff from Gibson. ( ) TCWriter | Mar 31, 2013 | *note to self.copy from Al. (  ) velvetink | Mar 31, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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