I was surprised to have not found a William Gibson thread here, but that's almost a general observation at this point: I often feel like everyone has heard of Gibson, but much fewer people have actually read his books, and even fewer are talking about them. How accurate is that observation is, in your opinion, and (if you agree with it) why do you think that is?
The question that prompted me to create this thread was about Gibson's newest trilogy-in-progress (Jackpot): Having recently read The Peripheral and Agency (2020) back-to-back, I couldn't help but feel a bit of whiplash between the two books. The first book contained all the future-building that I fell in love with in the Sprawl trilogy, but the second felt much more present-focused, presumably in the vein of the Bigend books (which I haven't gotten to yet). How did y'all perceive that part (or anything else of note)?
I was surprised to have not found a William Gibson thread here, but that's almost a general observation at this point: I often feel like everyone has heard of Gibson, but much fewer people have actually read his books, and even fewer are talking about them. How accurate is that observation is, in your opinion, and (if you agree with it) why do you think that is?
The question that prompted me to create this thread was about Gibson's newest trilogy-in-progress (Jackpot): Having recently read The Peripheral and Agency (2020) back-to-back, I couldn't help but feel a bit of whiplash between the two books. The first book contained all the future-building that I fell in love with in the Sprawl trilogy, but the second felt much more present-focused, presumably in the vein of the Bigend books (which I haven't gotten to yet). How did y'all perceive that part (or anything else of note)?