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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, comes Shinya Yamazaki, his notebook clasped beneath his arm like the egg case of some modest but moderately successful marine species. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars THE WORST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!, Feb 14 2006

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This review is from: All Tomorrows Parties (Mass Market Paperback)

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

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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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