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Loading... Zero History (original 2010; edition 2011)by William Gibson
Work detailsZero History by William Gibson (2010)
Dull - couldn't be bothered to finish it. (  ) SChant | Apr 26, 2013 |  The series of novels by Gibson that started with "Pattern Recognition" seemed like a radical departure for Gibson at the time, and they are very different from earlier works like "Neuromancer" but Gibson's fascination with how societies are structured, how order emerges out of seeming chaos, and the hidden parts of culture and society remain. I really enjoyed this one, made me want to reread "Pattern Recognition" and "Spook Country" again. (  ) nmele | Apr 6, 2013 | Interesting: Despite having a lower Gooodreads rating than Pattern Recognition, I liked Zero History far better. Maybe Gibson's style finally grew on me, but I don't think it's just that. There's a bit more depth here, less empty hype (to me, at least). I skipped Spook Country (Blue Ant #2) for the simple reason I didn't have it -- I got Pattern Recognition and Zero History not knowing they were a part of a trilogy. Zero History worked fine even without knowing what happened in Spook Country, even though many of the characters carried through from the previous book. Now I'm not sure whether or not I should read Spook Country. A good read. ( ) ezuk | Apr 3, 2013 | Wow, the first William Gibson that I have been unable to finish. Stalled with 100 pages to go. I respect Gibson wanting to move beyond cyberpunk. But leaving behind the obsession with unique objects, while taking out all the interesting stuff, did not work for me. Unique hand-crafted cyberspace deck that a protagonist uses to live a life on the edge? Interesting. Uniquely strange diorama created by an AI in a satellite? Interesting. Unique underground brand of designer jeans? Uninteresting. (  ) joeyreads | Apr 2, 2013 | It's kind of like science fiction about the present. Lots of weird, painfully hip people in the most amazingly cool clothes. And it mentions the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, which is a recent obesession of mine. Look it up! It's so creepy! Still, it's kind of sterile, and you don't really connect with the characters. (  ) JenneB | Apr 2, 2013 |
 This flatness is the strangest feature of the world of Zero History, and more generally of the trilogy it completes. There's no question that, taken together, these three books represent one of the first great novels of 21st-century data culture. But there's no dirt in view – no muss. The cities of Neuromancer were crumbling into a kipple of obsolete technology, litter and grime. Cyberspace – clean, rational, clutterless – offered an alternative reality for those with the skills and the technology to gain access, while the wealthy could escape to exclusive orbital country-club cantons. Now that the future is here, Gibson's readers, like his protagonists, seem condemned to cities that are all surface, while yearning for a glimpse of something seedier, stickier, more troubling.
No descriptions found. Former rock singer Hollis Henry and ex-addict Milgrim, an accomplished linguist, are at the front line of a sinister proprietor's attempts to get a slice of the military budget. When a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers, they gradually realize their employer has some very dangerous competitors--including Garreth, a ruthless ex-military officer with lots of friends. Set largely in London after our post-Crash times.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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