Just finished William Gibson's Pattern Recognition -

RhodaGrits

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Tue May-11-04 08:45 AM
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Just finished William Gibson's Pattern Recognition -

best novel I've read in a while. Anyone else pick it up?

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Khephra

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Tue May-11-04 08:48 AM
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1. It sounded like a great subject to explore in fiction

Sadly, I'm about 3 books behind on Gibson at the moment.

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flowomo

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Tue May-11-04 08:53 AM
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2. yep, read em all

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mike_c

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Tue May-11-04 08:53 AM
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3. I liked it....

But I don't think I'd go so far as "best novel I've read in a while." I liked the premise-- the woman who's affected by advertising-- and the Gibsonian layering of the story. "Skirt-thing" ought to be a common metaphore!

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RhodaGrits

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Tue May-11-04 08:59 AM
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5. I just realized it is the first novel I've read in a while -

I'm surrounded by piles of books by people like Clarke, Phillips, etc - after all that, it was very refreshing :-) What was your favorite recently?

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mike_c

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Tue May-11-04 12:10 PM
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8. I just finished China Mieville's...

Edited on Tue May-11-04 12:11 PM by mike_c

...Perdito Street Station and The Scar-- not my usual cuppa because I prefer fairly hard SF-- but I enjoyed both and The Scar was particularly excellent. Most recent favorite real SF was Peter Hamilton's Fallen Dragon, I think. I've just re-read Dan Simmon's Hyperion series for the fourth time-- it gets better each time.

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RhodaGrits

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Tue May-11-04 12:38 PM
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9. I loved the Hyperion series too... I'll look for Fallen Dragon :-) n/t

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Khephra

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Tue May-11-04 08:14 PM
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10. China is a great upcoming author

Have you read Simmon's "Illium" yet?

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Richardo

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Tue May-11-04 08:56 AM
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4. I liked it too.

Some of his sylistic touches grated on me, but overall I liked the insights into Guerilla marketing et al. :thumbsup:

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flowomo

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Tue May-11-04 08:59 AM
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6. of course, like a lot em, it ends a little lamely

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Tue May-11-04 09:00 AM
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7. That's the name of the 1st song...

On the new "Sonic Youth" album...great song too!!!

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