Solid Performance

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	• Spook Country William Gibson G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 2007 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 141 reviews view larger image
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Solid Performance

As always, Gibson performs wonderfully in this novel.

This novel seemed almost a suspense, almost a mystery, almost something. It was not action packed as so many cyberpunk fans demand, it is instead more poetic than that. It reminded me in many ways of the very early short stories by Gibson.

Some have suggested that the story is fragmented, and ends abruptly, and I agree, but I instead say that this is exactly what makes this story stand above the rest. When it comes together, it's beautiful, like watching a stained glass window being created from many different types of glass.

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Good clean fun

To start of with, let me say I haven"t read Pattern Recognition, which is apparently a great read. I was a fan of William Gibson from the Mona Lisa Overdrive, Neuromancer days. I'm pleased to say, Gibson's style is way cleaner than it used to be. Some characters (the cyber-artists) where less engaging than others (the post KGB by way of Cuba free-running spies). The book has a bad guy that you love to hate, moves pretty quickly. Thought provoking? Kind of. Fun? Absolutely.
Just as a warning though: Some protagonists (who seem like mouth pieces for the author) express political beliefs that many people will disagree with. Then again, politics do kind of play into the plot.

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Not for me...

No dobt that Mr. Gibson can write (thus the 3 stars), I just could not get into the story. I need a little more action, and not so much introspection. I may try Pattern Recognition, I hear it is better?

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