A review by nwhyte
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson

http://nhw.livejournal.com/54732.html[return][return]I've bought every William Gibson novel, though only for the writing style; I find the plot and characters completely forgettable (I know I've read Neuromancer five times, but can't remember a single thing that happens in it). But Pattern Recognition is different, and much, much better. The central character leans an unrooted, cosmopolitan, thoroughly wired existence, as she tracks down the reality behind a mysterious set of internet postings. The settings of London, Japan and Russia are brilliantly and convincingly depicted. There is nothing sfnal in it; no stretching of the social and technical reality of 2002 when it was written. But it feels like science fiction,will be bought largely by sf readers, and is of course by a celebrated sf author. Recommended.