Count Zero by William Gibson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Count Zero
Book Review: Cyberpunk sweetness
Summary: 5 Stars
First 25%, get your bearings on the story threads. A lot going on here- people, places, virtual reality, reality, etc. Had to be patient to put the new information into my folder called, "Sweet."
Middle 50%, feel out the people, plot and possibilities. Stacks of circumstances pile up. I ask myself if and when it will topple. Stacks weave, twist and waver until they form a wonderful skyscraper.
And the last 75% watch your expectations unravel into a tapestry of switchbacks and surprises. My expectations were set atop of that circumstantial skyscraper and taking the rapid elevator back down to the end of the book was a wicked read.
Book Review: Cyberpunk the way it ought to be (plus, voodoo!)
Summary: 5 Stars
Gibson writes the genre better than anyone else. It isn't about glorified street samurai or ultraviolent/high-tech combat, it's about a tone - a gritty, future-noir feel that's not cinematic, but entirely evocative. There are explosions a-plenty, but really it's about the way the protagonists struggle through between explosions - that's what separates Gibson from the rest of the pack.
The second book in Gibson's seminal Sprawl sequence also posits an intriguing mix of cyberspace and voodoo.
Gibson makes an impassioned argument that voodoo, as a religion and as a way of thought, is perfectly adapted for the mercantile, dog-eat-dog world of the cyberpunk future. Gibson's cyberspace is filled with 'thrones and dominions' (a slightly mixed religious metaphor) - powers that do deals, take riders and move in mysterious ways.
This future is filled with sinister, machiavellian, self-interested powers - trading and politicking between them. The result is a fascinating, intricate novel from start to finish.
Book Review: Gibson's Best
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me be clear. I read Gibson for atmosphere, not plot. On that basis, this is his best book by far. He writes so well that you can almost feel and touch his near-future world. If you like reading about ninjas raised in vats with thumbs that pop off to reveal micro filament which can cut through you like a knife, dead space stations with robots that make small boxes filled with detritus that are high art on earth, images of rain-soaked Paris, and digital avatars dressed in Victorian garb whom you meet in lonely parks, then Gibson is for you.Book Review: Gritty coporate samuri
Summary: 5 Stars
This was my first exposure to Gibson and I was blown away. The tight prose and graphic imagery was intoxicating. Think of that..Gideon's Fall: When You Dont Have a Prayer, Only a Miracle Will DoBook Review: More action
Summary: 4 Stars
Gibson ramps up the action in the second of the Sprawl Trilogy books. Case and Molly are nowhere to be seen, but that's okay.