The Matrix was built near Radford
Nov. 1st, 2004 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mikailborgI had no idea that William Gibson was originally from western Virginia.
I've not been too impressed with anything he's written since Mona Lisa Overdrive, but Neuromancer still holds up well. If you've ever played the Shadowrun RPG, you should certainly read it.
I've not been too impressed with anything he's written since Mona Lisa Overdrive, but Neuromancer still holds up well. If you've ever played the Shadowrun RPG, you should certainly read it.
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Date: 2004-11-01 07:33 pm (UTC)I actually thought Count Zero was better than Neuromancer. More balls in the air, with more finesse, in CZ than in Neuro.
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Date: 2004-11-02 07:19 am (UTC)From my viewpoint, he's still got his style, but his plotting and characterizations have fallen apart.
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Date: 2004-11-04 08:33 pm (UTC)Have you read _Pattern Recognition_? People tell me it's quite good . . . I'll probably pick it up when it comes out in mass-market paperback.
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Date: 2004-11-10 10:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-02 05:50 am (UTC)One of the benefits of book clubs and English classes is that they force you to read things that you might have taken a pass on before.
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Date: 2004-11-02 07:21 am (UTC)Rising Star had a dealer who would sell you a paper grocery bag for $50, with which you could stuff as many of his paperbacks as you could manage. We got 56 books out of his deal, and I'm happily working through the bag.
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Date: 2004-11-04 08:35 pm (UTC)