Agency by William Gibson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
DISCLAIMER: I received an advanced reader copy of this book from the publisher in return for an honest and unbiased review. My thanks to Penguin UK and NetGalley for giving me this opportunity.
This is the second instalment in William Gibson’s Peripheral series, and follows pretty much the same format as the first book. Two separate timelines that slowly get drawn together as events in one begin to have an effect on the other.
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The Peripheral by William Gibson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I’ve not read any William Gibson for a while now, not since Pattern Recognition first hit the shelves back in 2003, but I remember being massively impressed with everything of his I’d read up until that point. As a result, I had high expectations for The Peripheral and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed.
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Dreaming in Smoke by Tricia Sullivan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an interesting read, albeit one which requires a fair bit of work from the reader. It’s a weird mix of cyberpunk meets colonial sci-fi meets social commentary, held together by some fantastic prose. Right from the first paragraph the writing comes across as a strongly jazz-influenced melange of images and ideas and perfectly sets the stage for what quickly becomes a confusing journey through an alien ecosphere, as seen through the eyes of our protagonist, Kalypso Deed.
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Emily Nation by Alec McQuay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
[This review may contain spoilers.]
At some unspecified point in the future, the world is an arid wasteland thanks to a war without explanation. Onto this stage steps Emily Nation the eponymous protagonist of this remarkable and thoroughly enjoyable novel.
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Falling Out of Cars by Jeff Noon
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I’m a bit of a fan of Jeff Noon’s work, and have been since I first read Vurt some time back in the mid-nineties, but I really didn’t find that much to like in Falling Out Of Cars.
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Needle In The Groove by Jeff Noon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Needle In The Groove is the sixth of Jeff Noon’s books I’ve read, and while I admit that I think they’re all good books, personally I think this is one of his best.
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