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| Title | : | Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1) |
| Author | : | William Gibson |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 367 pages |
| Published | : | February 2005 by Berkley Books (first published February 3rd 2003) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Cyberpunk. Mystery. Thriller. Science Fiction Fantasy. Novels |
William Gibson
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 367 pages Rating: 3.87 | 42443 Users | 2127 Reviews
Description Supposing Books Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1)
Cayce Pollard is an expensive, spookily intuitive market-research consultant. In London on a job, she is offered a secret assignment: to investigate some intriguing snippets of video that have been appearing on the Internet. An entire subculture of people is obsessed with these bits of footage, and anybody who can create that kind of brand loyalty would be a gold mine for Cayce's client. But when her borrowed apartment is burgled and her computer hacked, she realizes there's more to this project than she had expected.Still, Cayce is her father's daughter, and the danger makes her stubborn. Win Pollard, ex-security expert, probably ex-CIA, took a taxi in the direction of the World Trade Center on September 11 one year ago, and is presumed dead. Win taught Cayce a bit about the way agents work. She is still numb at his loss, and, as much for him as for any other reason, she refuses to give up this newly weird job, which will take her to Tokyo and on to Russia. With help and betrayal from equally unlikely quarters, Cayce will follow the trail of the mysterious film to its source, and in the process will learn something about her father's life and death.
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| Original Title: | Pattern Recognition |
| ISBN: | 0425198685 (ISBN13: 9780425198681) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://williamgibsonbooks.com/books/pattern.asp |
| Series: | Blue Ant #1 |
| Characters: | Hubertus Bigend, Cayce Pollard |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2004), Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2004), British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004), Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2004) |
Rating Epithetical Books Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1)
Ratings: 3.87 From 42443 Users | 2127 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1)
This was my first William Gibson book, and I thought it was beautifully written, quite a literary novel. I liked the characters, and I liked the idea of Cayce being sensitive to trends and brands, and having a logo "allergy". I'm now contemplating scratching the logos off of everything I own.Plot-wise, this isn't the most exciting book I've ever read. I was never bored, but the pacing was sedate, to say the least. The tone of the book was cool and deliberate - even the single fight sceneFull review on my podcast, SFBRP episode #367.
As goodreads is Amazon, I am taking my reviews off goodreads. Nonetheless, I hope by providing links along with this ongoing message about why Amazon should not be part of our lives, this message is kept alive. I include some text from the beginning of each review because goodreads has been removing my reviews from places they can be seen and apparently this may make it less likely for them to do this. Read my lips, go on. Whilst a semblance of free speech exists on goodreads. FUCK AMAZON. It is
2018 re-read.I wrote the below review in March 2015, obviously still not really sure what I had just read. When reading for pleasure (and a lot of the time truth be told) I am a simple man wholl go after a laugh if theres one to be had and I did then. But I knew I liked the book and I also knew there was more to the book than I realized.As readers, we must acknowledge our mortality and in so doing I am conscious of this fact when I consider re-reading a book. Theres only so much time and there
A fast-moving high-tech thriller. Smart and engaging with just the right amount of mystery.
The medium is the message Marshall McLuhanWe have no future because our present is too volatile... We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moments scenarios. Pattern recognition. Herbertus Bigend, Pattern Recognition---Pattern Recognition is the story of an eccentric trend spotter, Cayce Pollard, and her mission to find the latest viral videos clips attracting a cult-like appeal. William Gibson masterfully blends concise and powerful storytelling with present-day reality in a
2018 re-read.I wrote the below review in March 2015, obviously still not really sure what I had just read. When reading for pleasure (and a lot of the time truth be told) I am a simple man wholl go after a laugh if theres one to be had and I did then. But I knew I liked the book and I also knew there was more to the book than I realized.As readers, we must acknowledge our mortality and in so doing I am conscious of this fact when I consider re-reading a book. Theres only so much time and there
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