XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: dalek_killer@excite.com   
      
   Knight37  wrote:   
      
   > "[Scion]"  wrote in   
   > news:Xns94DED7B04ABF0scion238phreakernet@216.168.3.50:   
   >   
   > >> Hmm.. okay. What didn't really get explained is why the "wintermute"   
   > >> (or whatever it became) needed Angie in the aleph...?   
   > >   
   > > Or why it split, for that matter. This is pure speculation on my part,   
   > > but I think Gibson didn't explain that bit because he was trying to   
   > > make a point. Namely, that we don't get the answers to our "why's".   
   > > Angie got the AI dossier on her dad, but it didn't help her figure him   
   > > out, and she eventually threw it away. Similarly, all we see of the   
   > > AI's interactions are the effects it has on cyberspace. We don't ever   
   > > get any first causes.   
   >   
   > I guess that's why I prefered Neuromancer to the later books in some   
   > ways. It just made a heck of a lot more sense, and the ending was   
   > satisfying, not leaving you hanging. Count Zero wasn't too bad in this   
   > either since the "bad guy" got it in the end. But to me Mona Lisa was   
   > going great and then it's like Gibson looked at his watch and said "wow,   
   > look at the time. Yada Yada aleph yada yada Alpha Centauri bam DONE."   
   >   
   > Knight37   
      
   Yeah, I also have to say that the ending of MLO's ending was the only   
   disappointing thing about the book. I left me scratching my head wonder   
   what was going on.   
      
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