From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   "SpaceGirl"  wrote in   
   news:c1bia0$1ghtmc$1@ID-129131.news.uni-berlin.de:   
      
   > "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 :)   
      
   Hey, Gibson did a *good* job of combining those 2 genres!  :)  The horrific   
   combo you're thinking of is Matrix Reloaded.  ;)   
      
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