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William Gibson, William Gibson: Zero History (2010, Putnam) 4 stars

Set among London's dark and tangled streets after the money-crash , Zero History is a …

Review of 'Zero History' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Wow, the first William Gibson that I have been unable to finish. Stalled with 100 pages to go.

I respect Gibson wanting to move beyond cyberpunk. But leaving behind the obsession with unique objects, while taking out all the interesting stuff, did not work for me. Unique hand-crafted cyberspace deck that a protagonist uses to live a life on the edge? Interesting. Uniquely strange diorama created by an AI in a satellite? Interesting. Unique underground brand of designer jeans? Uninteresting.