About this title: The latest "New York Times" bestseller by the author of "Pattern Recognition" offers the story of an investigative journalist who is assigned the task of finding a spook--an intelligence agent who refuses to sleep in the same place twice.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780670914944ISBN:0670914940
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Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2008
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"Gibson weaves another dark mystery from the narrow viewpoints of exotic, solitary characters, as they move through a complex "day after tomorrow" alternate present. We follow an ex-Cuban "spy family", shuttling secrets from buyer to seller on iPods, and an ex-rocker now journalist covering a software engineer working with "locative artists". These artists build 3D visual simulations that appear overlaid in a particular place when viewed through Gibson's beloved VR helmet. All of this leads to a believable conclusion derived from the events of the mid-2000's.
The continuity within the rest of Gibson's fiction is considerable. Transfer of iPods anticipates (or recalls) "Johnny Mnemonic". Two major themes in Gibson's "later" stories (actually written a decade ago) show their beginnings. First, the breakdown of national governments and transfer of power to corporations and individual actors. Hubertus of Blue Ant (also in Pattern Recognition) appears to be firmly on that path. The fact that he nominally runs an "ad agency" adds irony. Second, locative art would appear to be the beginning of "cyberspace," which in Gibson's other novels is a primary public interface to computing services. Finally, he mentions a gated religious community in Idaho, echoes again from another story.
Surely these are the man's beloved themes, but for readers of his other books its also fascinating to see this as a bridge or rationalization of "ideas to come" in the earlier stories. As always, I look forward to the next novels, where Mr. Gibson's contemporary past will collide with his historic future."
"Spook country is set in the Northwest, William Gibson's home territory. It is about spies and stealing artistic content. It has some of the same characters that appeared in his previous book, Pattern Recognition. It is a fun and entertaining read."
"I really enjoyed this book, though the ability to suspend disbelief required increasing levels of will as the the story progressed and more details were revealed. Early in the book your brain works hard to discern patterns and analyze clues, but this turns out to be wasted effort, given the highly implausible ending. Gibson has an excellent eye for detail, and a real talent for dialog, and the book is a fun read."
"Although this was generally an interesting read, for me it had some fundamental problems. 1) For the first 50 pages I found myself daydreaming and constantly having to reread bits 2) The contemporary technology in this book is going to soon date itself. I don't know if Gibson considers this scifi, but the issues at hand (and the technology) already feel a little dated. Though as a result, I suppose it may appeal to a wider audience than other scifi or technical mysteries. 3) It was truly anticlimactic for me. A lot is revealed at the very end about the intent of the anti-heroes in this novel, but I didn't much care by that point and in the end, really not much happened with it all.
On a more positive note, the writing was engaging enough to keep me going after the first 50 pages, the characters were compelling, and his story was well suited for the braided novel technique he employed.
However, the book should have been more robust, allowing for more attachment to the characters and a more intriguing and eventful climax."
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