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Summary: A stimulation to the gray cells...
Review: A brilliantly futuristic, `digital' writing style, rich with metaphors that border on the surreal and a thought-provoking storyline leaves the reader with a faint tingling in the peripheral nerve endings. Woven around the principles of tomorrow's sciences - nanotechnology, virtual reality - `All Tomorrow's Parties' is part thriller, part sci-fi and part a work of postmodern literature. In speaking of `wind farms', `money in little tabs of plastic', `nanobots', Gibson fast-forwards us to an era in the future. At the same time, he throws open the door to a new interpretation of history that is definitely mind-bending. His hypothesis: in every epoch, since the dawn of time, there have been `nodal points', the points from which change emerges. He speaks of such a `change' again... A set of apparently disjointed events flow in a linear progression until they all converge at a vortex. This is where it all ends, or rather begins - The Golden Gate Bridge. Colin Laney, who has the uncanny ability to predict the future by interpreting the `data flow' around him; Tessa, an Australian media student at Los Angeles; Rydell, an ex-cop; Fontaine, a collector of antique watches; Cody Harwood, a megalomaniacal media mogul; Rei Toei, a beautiful, virtual icon, all converge at San Francisco. They are present at a decisive juncture in space and time to witness something, something which will alter the course of their destiny, their futures. Grab a copy if you want to stroke your gray cells!
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Summary: You have to be kidding...
Review: It's kind of amazing the way Gibson creates disturbing, alternative worlds and makes us believe in them, while at the same time linking them to the present world via surreal cyber connections. It's really a reinterpretation of our reality. There are people, after all, who live on bridges... It's a fascinating book, imaginative and thought provoking and a must read if you like to wonder about the future. Don't strain your brain trying to follow the plot line, just go along for the magical mystery tour.
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