Spook Country
Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine; she's used to that. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. Really actively blocking it. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hollis lets herself think about it much. Which she doesn't; she can't afford to.
Milgrim is a junkie. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription antianxiety drugs. Milgrim figures he wouldn't survive twenty-four hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying those little bubble packs. What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. At least, Milgrim's very nuanced Russian would seem to be a big part of it, as would breaking into locked rooms.
Bobby Chombo is a "producer," and an enigma. In his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for manufacturers of military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him.
Pattern Recognition was a bestseller on every list of every major newspaper in the country, reaching #4 on the New York Times list. It was also a BookSense top ten pick, a WordStock bestseller, a best book of the year for Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Economist, and a Washington Post "rave."
Spook Country is the perfect follow-up to Pattern Recognition, which was called by The Washington Post (among many glowing reviews), "One of the first authentic and vital novels of the twenty-first century."
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106 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
Not the best of Mr. Gibson
This book has all the elements of what you'd expect from William Gibson - future thinking, subtle tech nuances, innovative story, interesting characters and so forth. But once the reader makes it 2/3 of the way through, the story and the...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
Difficult to Follow and Believe
Having read and enjoyed William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition," I was excited to learn of the publication of "Spook Country." I was, unfortunately, let down by "Spook Country"...I found the plotline convergence unrealistic in nature, the dialogue...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
Gibson much better in the future than in the present
I just finished "Spook Country" and am very disappointed. The first 2 pages of the book, set in February 2006, make reference to PowerBooks and Tower Records - which dated this book the moment it was published. Instead of being set in the...
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2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 31, 2007 Type: User Review |
a "locative" art
I was told that our stories based on few and very well known narratives therefore a reader's chilled engagement in reading a book until its last page is not an easy task or almost an impossible one.
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Editor, editor, oh where were the editors?
I've been a Gibson fan for years and read all his books. Up to now he has been brilliant.
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 23, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good clean fun
To start of with, let me say I haven"t read Pattern Recognition, which is apparently a great read. I was a fan of William Gibson from the Mona Lisa Overdrive, Neuromancer days. I'm pleased to say, Gibson's style is way cleaner than it used to...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 21, 2007 Type: User Review |
Formula Country
Let's be straight: this book sucks. Female protagonist is tired, needs sleep, in bed by first page... check! Read familiar?
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2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 17, 2007 Type: User Review |
Save your money
It's not Neuromancer - and for me that's why it fails. William Gibson writes about events that could be taking place in our world in this book. And honestly, once you take that into account, you'll evaluate this as a work of fiction pure and...
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1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
Not for me...
No dobt that Mr. Gibson can write (thus the 3 stars), I just could not get into the story. I need a little more action, and not so much introspection. I may try Pattern Recognition, I hear it is better?
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
Solid Performance
As always, Gibson performs wonderfully in this novel.
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5.00/5 |
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