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Spook country" is the latest in a long line of works by william gibson. The book is about the impact of computer-generated worlds on our own perception of reality, the atemporal nature of celebrity, and the threat of government control after 9/11. The... Read More
This is a pretty darn good book, a nice book to read while waiting for the better book that is a betting certainty to follow. The book has a bad guy that you love to hate, moves pretty quickly. It is tense, innovative and superbly written.
In this novel, hollis henry has been hired by node magazine to write an article about locative art. Hollis is the former lead singer of curfew, a well respected band. Even hollis becomes an inadvertent counter-espionage agent for hubertus.
Spook country follows three characters -- hollis, tito, and milgrim. All three are likeable and sympathetic portrayals of relatable people. Milgrim had me a little stumped until i remembered professor stanley milgram's experiments.
Spook country is based on a merger of gps technology and virtual reality. It uses assisted-reality gear outfitted with gps. The main motif is the gigantic, red, terrifying, mongolian death worm.
Cons
It is not cyberpunk or science fiction, it is not about espionage or covert operations. Gibson's take on where tech is going fails to overcome the fact that the book becomes a tearing bore.
Spook country is a real disappointment. Some other spook-types try to stop them by forcing a * to read russian text messages. Oh, so lame indeed.
Wg. milgrim performs one action, one time. The same is true of milgrim and his heresy obsession. He says it all amounts to a scheme to prevent a measley $100 million from being laundered.
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Quality
Phrases are turned and similes crafted with the precision of a cupertino iphone designer
His vision is expertly told with the authors exceptional ability to wield language and character is in full effect
Theres some silliness involving superman criminals using russian martial arts and voodoo to outwit blackwell government types a... Read More
The geolocation virtual art is no doubt in beta stage too with the imminent arrival of oculus rift and rivals
Packaging/appearance
This may not be gibsons best book im still partial to virtual light but its certainly an entertaining and thoughtprovoking of l... Read More
There is much guff talk about preubiquitous media and cyberspace everting but the prose is rescued from pretentious silliness b... Read More
Competitiveness
Despite some brilliant character conflicts—including an exrock star thats being used as a pawn in competing conspiracies—their ... Read More
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William gibson has always being a visionary author but this time his novel is place in present time which makes it harder to create speculative science fiction but some he achieves to do so
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It is important to consider that his book was written before the facebook and twitter era
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Unfortunately i read them out of sequence which i suggest you dont do
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I enjoyed the reading of it but as a book in a series it was just okay
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In other places i laughed hard
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Not many books make me want to do that
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I cant say for sure when it was that ive last read a william gibson novel
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