Last May I blogged about William Gibson’s new book Spook Country. Today, while at the airport in Indianapolis, I finally picked up a new hard cover copy. I also downloaded the unabridged audio version via iTunes.
Spook Country is Gibson’s follow up to his last book Pattern Recognition. I am not sure if the events in this book happens before, at the same time, or after the events in his last. However, I am 12 chapters into book and there is already a reference to Hubertus Bigend and Blue Ant, two central players in Pattern Recognition.
Stay tuned for my complete review after I am finished reading the book. Until then, I am providing several pieces of footage that I found on YouTube that covers Gibson’s overview of Spook Country. There is an interview, a reading of a section of the book that occurred in Second Life on August 2nd, 2007 as well as follow up Q/A after his reading. Enjoy!
Spook Country Interview
Spook Country Second Life Reading by William Gibson
Q&A by William Gibson in Second Life: Part 1
Q&A by William Gibson in Second Life: Part 2
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BOOK REVIEW: William Gibson’s Spook Country Human history is the record of Man trying to impose Geometry on Nature. In the first 32 pages of Spook Country,William Gibson namechecks at least 37 brands and celebrities familiar to contemporary denizens of