Spook Country

It's really not a standout book, and the best parts are the connections with Pattern Recognition, Gibson's previous novel. Spook Country is set in the same universe, and has a few crossover characters and connections.

Don't miss the throwaway line that explains all of Pattern.

Noted on November 22, 2011

Gibson is always good for a fun read, and with the added interest of something vaguely scifi. This novel, like Pattern Recognition, is set in the present tense and focuses on the most scifi-like elements of contemporary technology; because we're all living in the future, right? The internet, mobile phones that do everything, ubiquitous location tracking, etc.

Gibson is good at spinning a complicated story that takes advantage of these technological advances - which are pretty prosaic - and makes them feel futuristic..

Noted on November 22, 2011