Forum Overview :: Dead Trees :: "Pattern Recognition" By William Gibson

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]A rather frustrating book that sets up a zillion potentially interesting themes, like the increasingly intrusive and predatory nature of marketing or the little betrayals that begin the inevitable commodification of underground subcultures, then throws them all aside to focus on the least interesting part of the book: the whodunit of some anonymous person releasing tiny movie clips on the internet. The only thing I can recommend it for is its familiar description of what it's like being part of an internet forum community. I'm a little shocked that the guy who made his name writing violent novels about cyber-samurai suddenly turns around and writes the most aggressively Metrosexual book I've ever read.[/quote]