27 January 2009

HE TOOK A DUCK IN THE FACE AT 250 KNOTS

and you think you have it bad?
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  1. wglJanuary 28, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    William Gibson.

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  2. wglJanuary 28, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    In particular, Pattern Recognition, a bit of an OCD statement by Casey, who is a genius with a hyper-sensitive feeling about fad an fashion. Much less of a dystopian world than most of his previous work. The one following it is also uplifting, being that it is post-post 9/11.

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  3. rysJanuary 28, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    you nailed it. i'm about 2/3 through the book. the protag's name is cayce, pronounced casey. i kind of liked Spook Country better. the plot and associated lingo was less esoteric, but perhaps that's just me.

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  4. wglJanuary 29, 2009 at 11:09 PM

    Spook Country is better and more comfortable. Pattern recognition is slightly frightening, but the main character is sympathetic and likable, if a bit odd.

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  5. rysJanuary 30, 2009 at 10:58 AM

    agreed, on all counts.

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