William Gibson, The Peripheral (2014)

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I read Neuromancer several years ago, and it already seemed sort of dated. I'm midway through a fantastic sci-fi novel(at least I hope it stays fantastic): Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge. His vision of virtual reality in the near future seems (mostly) plausible, and the Singularity has just cropped up. A very fun, interesting book. I'd like to think that the Rainbow in the title is referential. 

Laura

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From: Perry Noid 

Sent: Sep 15, 2014 2:05 AM

To: Becky Lindroos 

Cc: Dave Monroe , pynchon -l 

Subject: Re: William Gibson, The Peripheral (2014)



Cool, I shall pick it up. Loved Neuromancer back in HS but I re-read it recently, like a year or so ago, and it wasn't quite as awesome as I remember. I like it still but I dunno, there are a few annoying bits that are just too cool for school but it's endearing in a way I guess, that's how I look at it. Maybe it just reminded me of being a stupid kid. It remains something any Gibson fan must read though of course. Pattern Recognition is a better book imo, a lot may disagree though I'm not sure. Anyway The Peripheral looks promising with the description of it being a return to sci-fi melded with his newer novels that take place in the recent past. I'm still wary of those book blurbs and descriptions, I don't wanna get my hopes up too high, but I watched that video of him reading the first few pages and it sounded purdy good to me. It's something to quell my anticipation for the Inherent Vice movie in the meantime at any rate.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I am absolutely going to read The Peripheral  -  I’ve been a Gibson fan since Pattern Recognition and read Spook Country and Zero History as soon as it came out.  Those three are kind of connected.  I still haven’t got to Neuromancer but it’s been on my shelves for too long.



Bekah



On Sep 14, 2014, at 9:52 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:



> I think I might like it. Still haven't got around to Spook Country or Zero History but I think I'll pick this up, have something in the near future to look forward to. Anyone else gonna read it? Maybe make it a thing we can talk about here?

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> On Sep 14, 2014 7:28 PM, "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.penguin.com/book/the-peripheral-by-william-gibson/9780399158445

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> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peripheral

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> http://io9.com/watch-william-gibson-read-from-his-brand-new-science-fi-484885010

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> http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-peripheral-by-william-gibson-cover-art-and-synopsis

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> http://www.bookdepository.com/Peripheral-William-Gibson/9780399158445?b=-3&t=-20#Fulldescription-20
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