From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   "[Scion]"  wrote in   
   news:Xns9497B2941C4A4scion238phreakernet@216.168.3.50:   
      
   > ...is it just me, or was Pattern Recognition completely overrated? I   
   > found the story to bea rehash of Marly's viewpoint from Count Zero,   
   > filtered backwards through the Bridge Trilogy to the present day; and I   
   > wasn't too impressed by Gibson's abandonment of his trademarked   
   > character-viewpoint juggling. Too many loose ends were wrapped up, not   
   > enough left up to the reader.   
      
   Cool complaint, even if I didn't feel that way about PR.  ;)  Over on   
   rec.arts.sf.written it's usually 'something was left up to the reader,   
   therefore this book has no ending.'   
      
   > Anyone else think the same?   
      
   Nah, I liked it.  :)  I found PR a nice cross between _Neuromancer_ and   
   _Bridget Jones's Diary_.   
      
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