It's funny, because I've always considered this book to be a lot more complex than it was. I read it in my 20s and decided to revisit it (and probably the rest of the Sprawl trilogy) after re-reading the Bridge Trilogy.

It's interesting to compare this to Gibson's later work, which tends to be a bit more cerebral and a lot more in tune, but it's still astounding how much he got right. And not just how much he got right, but how much he downright invented, concepts he introduced to our collective imagination.

It's a bit pulpier than I remember, but the story is filled with the kind of prose that elevates it to something else. It's something I've always liked about Gibson, his ability to take seemingly inane details and expound on them to make the world seem real. I think that's really what got me with this one, back when I first read it.

I loved this book, and I still do.