William Gibson's Latest Novel

crumbz writes "It looks like the grand master of cyberpunk has a new novel coming out entitled Pattern Recognition. Apparently, reviewer copies have been making the rounds on ebay and the word on the street is that it is his best work in years."

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You are my hero!

[I'm a racist.]

Wow, I envy you!

I really like Gibson's imagery. In the beginning of Neuromancer, he uses the phrase "the sky is the color of tv", which has been stuck in my head ever since I read it. The thing is, I only read it once, just like every other novel/novella/short-story.

I wish I had the free time, and had accomplished every other significant thing I have left to do in life, so that I can sit and re-read novels backwards! What's your secret to having that kind of time? I'm sure other /.ers want to know this too.

P.S - I really hope Gibson's vision future isn't that accurate, otherwise I'd say we're pretty well fucked! But, it certainly does seem to be going that way...

Re:You are my hero!

[I'm a racist.]

I was kind of kidding when I posted that, and I do understand the "stop and smell the roses" philosophy. But, at the same time, there are lots of great stories out there, I'd like to absorb as many of them as I can. Rereading things won't help me to do that (although I would love to reread some). There's new stuff (ie. Gibson, Palahniuk, etc) coming out all the time, and there are lots of old gems (Asimov, Clarke, etc). Not to mention the bit of quality movies, tv, and music.

Then, of course, there are other "more important" things (by "important", I'm referring to what I think the majority of people consider important, see the recent /. articles on "success" for more about this), like social interactions and professional achievments to be had. I know this one isn't popular with the /. crowd, but exercise is both important and time consuming (plus, it'll help you to get laid). Which brings me to sex, sure it is covered by "social interactions", but it really deserves a special mention.

When looking at all the things there are to spend time on, reading the same book twice ranks pretty low on my list. Hell, visiting /. is low on my list, but for the next few weeks it's something I can do as a multitasked activity.

And, in case you weren't aware, fighting the race war really is a very very time consuming activity!

It's such an overload...