IMO Gibson ain't Pynchon by a long shot

[Joseph Tracy]

Sorry I hate my title for this post. No writer is any other writer. Gibson is good but not my cup of tea. 
On Sep 25, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> Have only read one Gibson book- Pattern Recognition- Here's some notes from an e-mail
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> I just finished Pattern Recognitions. Not a bad yarn and good writing skills. Overly obsessed with fashion to the point of seeing fashion sense as a kind of moral force and profound insight. The story of the Russian oligarch's damaged daughter was a little cheesy/manipulative to induce sympathy for a  made up version of a gangster capitalist making life better for all.
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> Actually I pretty much decided I wouldn't likely be reading Gibson again. 
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> Pynchon takes bigger risks, is funny, makes sentences and paragraphs that change the way you see history and human nature. I didn't notice that with Gibson. The tech stuff even seems more plausible and precise in BE.
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> If people enjoy Gibson that is great. Clearly he knows and describes IT culture with insight,   I just think P's interest in IT is his own and has been developing with the tech and the social changes.
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