The Matrix was built near Radford

[mikailborg]

I 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.

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[jazzfish]

*nod* Surprised the heck out of me just now, too.

I actually thought Count Zero was better than Neuromancer. More balls in the air, with more finesse, in CZ than in Neuro.

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Count Zero's quite excellent too, and I can see a case for it being better. MLO is the weakest of the three, but still has some nice bits in it.

From my viewpoint, he's still got his style, but his plotting and characterizations have fallen apart.

[jazzfish]

Agree totally about MLO. Haven't read the other trilogy in ages.

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.

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

If Pattern Recognition is the one I think it is, I did read it. Plenty of style, but exasperating characters who sat helplessly and watched the plot happen around them (something Gibson always has trouble with). OTOH, I may be thinking of Idoru.