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Spook Country
Spook Country | William Gibson
The New York Times bestseller from one of the most astute and entertaining commentators on our astonishing, chaotic present.( Washington Post Book World) Hollis Henry is a journalist on investigative assignment for a magazine called Node, which doesnt exist yet. Bobby Chombo is a producer working on cutting-edge art installations. In his day job, Bobby is a trouble-shooter for military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him.
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Creadnorthey
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I really enjoyed this installment of this Blue Ant series. A good weave of various characters working within the world of cloak and dagger. Agreed that it can be frustrating not knowing what is going on but it‘s rewarding in the end. Nice read and nobody dies!

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Decalino
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This is the second book to feature mysterious Belgian tycoon Hubertus Bigend, as his Blue Ant company seeks to monetize the ephemeral and intangible. I really loved the characters: Tito, Hollis, and Milgrim, each on their own intersecting trajectories, part of a complicated and unpredictable puzzle of spycraft and moving parts. Most of all, I really enjoyed the ultimately playful nature of this story. On to the next book!

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Billypar
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My novel takes place in the near future, which, being written in 2007, is now the past- the trend of 'locative art' would now fall under augmented reality. But in Spook Country, this hot new techno trend that Hollis Henry gets assigned to investigate from the mysterious new cyber magazine Node, becomes the center of a bizarre conspiracy that only I, inventor of cyberpunk, could dream up. It's excellent, if I do say so myself... #virtualinsanity

Mdargusch Sounds crazy! 7y
emilyhaldi I read your blurb on this book, as well as the Litsy blurb, 3x and I‘m still trying to wrap my head around the premise of this one 😆😆 7y
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Carolhreads Hmmm 7y
Reviewsbylola Lol I love your pic. 7y
Cinfhen Haha @emilyhaldi same❣️❣️❣️❣️but im still intrigued 7y
Billypar @Cinfhen @emilyhaldi I think I went through about three quarters of the book still not knowing what was really going on, but it was a fun kind of mystery anyway 😁 7y
PeanutButterPie As a Vancouver Lower Mainland denizen I loved having that recognition jolt I sometimes get when I recognize a street, building, bridge or restaurant in a film or tv show. I live reading Gibson because I m a compulsive re reader and I get what‘s happening after that second read. All subsequent reads just get better 7y
Billypar @PeanutButterPie I love that recognition feeling- I don't remember if it happened for any of the NYC scenes. I've only read three from Gibson so far, but I do want to try more- I was thinking Count Zero next since I loved Neuromancer. Would you recommend any in particular? 7y
PeanutButterPie I‘m particularly fond of Virtual Light, Idoru and All Tomorrow‘s Parties as a series. I started with Idoru and back tracked from there. He crafts complex societal structures and weaves each character into complex plots that rereading to see how it was done is as pleasurable each time as that first fresh read. 7y
Billypar @PeanutButterPie Ooh...sounds really fun to dive into- thanks for the recommendation! 7y
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