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All Tomorrows Parties (Mass Market Paperback)

by William Gibson (Author) "THROUGH THIS EVENING'S tide of faces unregistered, unrecognized, amid hurrying black shoes, furled umbrellas, the crowd descending like a single organism into the-station's airless heart,..." (more)
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Although Colin Laney (from Gibson's earlier novel Idoru) lives in a cardboard box, he has the power to change the world. Thanks to an experimental drug that he received during his youth, Colin can see "nodal points" in the vast streams of data that make up the worldwide computer network. Nodal points are rare but significant events in history that forever change society, even though they might not be recognizable as such when they occur. Colin isn't quite sure what's going to happen when society reaches this latest nodal point, but he knows it's going to be big. And he knows it's going to occur on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, which has been home to a sort of SoHo-esque shantytown since an earthquake rendered it structurally unsound to carry traffic.

Colin sends Barry Rydell (last seen in Gibson's novel Virtual Light) to the bridge to find a mysterious killer who reveals himself only by his lack of presence on the Net. Barry is also entrusted with a strange package that seems to be the home of Rei Toi, the computer-generated "idol singer" who once tried to "marry" a human rock star (she's also from Idoru). Barry and Rei Toi are eventually joined by Barry's old girlfriend Chevette (from Virtual Light) and a young boy named Silencio who has an unnatural fascination with watches. Together this motley assortment of characters holds the key to stopping billionaire Cody Harwood from doing whatever it is that will make sure he still holds the reigns of power after the nodal point takes place.

Although All Tomorrow's Parties includes characters from two of Gibson's earlier novels, it's not a direct sequel to either. It's a stand-alone book that is possibly Gibson's best solo work since Neuromancer. In the past, Gibson has let his brilliant prose overwhelm what were often lackluster (or nonexistent) story lines, but this book has it all: a good story, electric writing, and a group of likable and believable characters who are out to save the world ... kind of. The ending is not quite as supercharged as the rest of the novel and so comes off a bit flat, but overall this is definitely a winner. --Craig E. Engler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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Gibson is in fine form in his seventh novel, a fast-paced, pyrotechnic sequel to Idoru. In the early 21st century, the world has survived any number of millennial events, including major earthquakes in Tokyo and San Francisco, the expansion of the World Wide Web into virtual reality, a variety of killer new recreational drugs and the creation and later disappearance of the first true artificial intelligence, the rock superstar know as the Idoru. However, Colin Laney, with his uncanny ability to sift through media data and discern the importance of upcoming historical "nodes," has determined that even more world-shattering occurrences are in the offing. Letting his personal life fall apart, suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder related to his talent, Laney retreats to a cardboard box in a Tokyo subway station. There he uses his powers and an Internet connection to do everything he can to head off worldwide disaster. Contacting Berry Rydell, former rent-a-cop and would-be star of the TV show Cops in Trouble (and a character in two of Gibson's previous novels), Laney first maneuvers him into investigating a pair of murders committed by a man who is mysteriously invisible to the psychic's predictive powers, and then into recovering the Idoru, who is seeking independence from her owners. Also involved in the complex plot, centered on the bohemian community that has grown up on and around San Francisco's now derelict Golden Gate Bridge, are several other returning characters, such as the incredibly buff former bicycle messenger Chevette, plus a number of new eccentrics of the sort the author portrays so well. Gibson breaks little new thematic ground with this novel, but the cocreator of cyberpunk takes his readers on a wild and exciting ride filled with enough off-the-wall ideas and extended metaphors to fuel half a dozen SF tales. Author tour. (Nov.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1.0 out of 5 stars THE WORST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!, Feb 14 2006
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There is nothing compelling in this novel. The characters are flat and dull. I was not moved by anyone in the novel. The setting is bland and uninspired. There is no action, suspense, or mystery!!!

I cannot even begin to describe how bad this book is as it would take so long and explore so many issues.

The fact that people gave this book 4-5 stars says how terribly poor the cyber, cyber-fantasy, cyber-punk genres are!!!

In any other genre this book would never see the light of day!!!!

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2.0 out of 5 stars A failure, May 19 2004
This review is from: All Tomorrows Parties (Paperback)
Like so many others, I thought Neuromancer was a great book. I also enjoyed Mona-Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, and Count Zero, to varying degrees. Virtual Light ... well, not much of a story there, was there? Idoru was slightly better, but all the trinkets and prose could only barely hide the lack of story; there's not even any real antagonist. In All Tomorrow's Parties the trinkets and prose fail completely. We have seen the bridge before, and it seems the only person who is in love with it is William Gibson himself.

"Something big is going to happen" chapter after chapter tells us, but you start to suspect more and more that the author will fail to show us anything. Trust your instincts. Nothing is shown. The "nodal point" is never to be seen, and you get no hint whatsoever about what kind of change has been made in the world, if any, or where it would lead, if anywhere. Gibson fails to provide a conclusion, leaving the end just as hollow as the rest of the book. All we get is some surrealism with the antagonist physically disappearing into the "flow of information" sort of.

So we have the Walled City, the Bridge, cameras hanging from balloons, a drug called dancer, a chain of supermarkets with cameras by the entrance. Then we have a bunch of characters moving to and fro on the bridge, discussing it constantly to mirror Gibson's fascination with his own creation, and sometimes killing each other. This is what we are offered instead of a story. I'm glad I read this book at the library instead of buying it.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not much of a story really and a little too weird, Oct 5 2003
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This review is from: All Tomorrows Parties (Paperback)
I keep hoping for another book as good as "Neuromancer" but not finding it. I don't think Gibson has another like that one in him. I barely finished this one and in the end was disappointed concluding that I shouldn't have bothered.
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2.0 out of 5 stars This book is pointless
I'll give it two stars only because as a reveiwer's quote from the cover says, he's a great "stylist. Read more
Published on Sep 10 2003 by M. Green

5.0 out of 5 stars Like Pulp Fiction...only post apocalyptic, with computers...
I had to read this book twice, the first time through, the first 100 pages or so were a little slow. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2003 by Hutch Jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars A stimulation to the gray cells...
A brilliantly futuristic, 'digital' writing style, rich with metaphors that border on the surreal and a thought-provoking storyline leaves the reader with a faint tingling in the... Read more
Published on April 6 2003 by Alaka

1.0 out of 5 stars You have to be kidding...
I'm a William Gibson fan, but it's incomprehensible how anyone could describe this book as even remotely readable.
Published on Feb 25 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Always thought provoking.
It's kind of amazing the way Gibson creates disturbing, alternative worlds and makes us believe in them, while at the same time linking them to the present world via surreal cyber... Read more
Published on Feb 17 2003 by a.

5.0 out of 5 stars Colorful Characters Make This Book Great
William Gibson's All Tomorrow's Parties is a well-written and interesting book. Gibson employs an interesting present-tense writing style that challenges the reader. Read more
Published on Dec 3 2002 by Charles Greenly

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult reading, overly-ambitious
A few years ago, I started flirting with a heretical thought: is William Gibson really that good? After all, most of his stories border on being incomprehensible (if the basic... Read more
Published on Sep 6 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Universe As 3-D computer screen (our lives pass in parade)
Gibson is one of few writers who allows his characters a vision of the mechanisms supporting reality's existence. Read more
Published on Sep 1 2002 by Worldreels

4.0 out of 5 stars Unfinished symphony...
"All Tomorrow's Parties" boasts an intriguing cast, a mysterious plot, and well-written internal monologue. Read more
Published on Aug 8 2002 by Jacob

4.0 out of 5 stars Pushing that envelope a little bit more
In my opinion, another hit and another step along the current flood of ideas and passions that Mr. Gibson is going through. Read more
Published on Jul 11 2002 by J Maby

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