http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson/dp/...
It's not the same dystopian future he envisioned in the 1990s. But his keen eye draws out the darker sides.
http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson/dp/...
It's not the same dystopian future he envisioned in the 1990s. But his keen eye draws out the darker sides.
I agree that Pattern Recognition is very good. Although I will always have a soft spot for Neuromancer and his related books and stories.
As a long-time neuromancer and Gibson fan, I can say his writing has changed and approached the modern day just as it should. Neuromancer made sense at the time it was published - the net wasn't around, it was a far out concept - lots of room for imagination. If it were only released today, it would just seem like really bad sci-fi because the net exists, now, and it's not quite what Gibson wrote about.
I'd the pattern recognition/spook/zero set are not so much current day as very near-future. They're entirely plausible with current technology, with a few inventions along the way that don't currently exist, but probably could. PLus they're a good read.