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   SpaceGirl to Omixochitl   
   Re: Gibson's recognizable pattern   
   23 Feb 04 00:40:39   
   
   From: NoSpaceSpamGirl@subhuman.net   
      
   "Omixochitl"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9497C7BF2488idtoken@130.133.1.4...   
   > "[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_.   
      
   LOL. Well that description sounds horrific. Glad that wasn't one of the   
   reviews on the back :)   
      
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