Monk's review
Pattern Recognition
by William Gibson
Monk's review
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Monk's review
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This is a little different for Gibson. It's not really a future setting, but it drips with the usual Gibson sentence fragments and whimsy. Overall, the story is there and it has a beginning a middle and an end, but to be honest, the book lacks in a particular quality - there's nothing really at stake.
The story is fairly linear, and focuses on the main character, Casey Pollard. She's what is called a 'cool hunter'. She divines trends and evaluates logo work. She has a literal allergy to fashion as well. The Michelin Man and Tommy Hilfiger logos sent her into bouts of nausea.
This strangely allergenic woman is also a follower of 'the footage' - a series of seemingly randomly released video snippets, anonymously found on the internet every few days or weeks. It's this footage that gets her into a strange world of ex-intelligence community elite and other fellow followers of the footage.
She's been hired by a very big marketing guru, Hubertas Bigend, who wishes to know the origin...more
The story is fairly linear, and focuses on the main character, Casey Pollard. She's what is called a 'cool hunter'. She divines trends and evaluates logo work. She has a literal allergy to fashion as well. The Michelin Man and Tommy Hilfiger logos sent her into bouts of nausea.
This strangely allergenic woman is also a follower of 'the footage' - a series of seemingly randomly released video snippets, anonymously found on the internet every few days or weeks. It's this footage that gets her into a strange world of ex-intelligence community elite and other fellow followers of the footage.
She's been hired by a very big marketing guru, Hubertas Bigend, who wishes to know the origin...more
