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Paperback book is in new, never been read condition.
Inside of book pages are crisp and clean. No creasing on edges, no stains,
no dog ears. Very minor shelf wear on outside of paperback cover. ISBN
0425198685. 2005 edition. 370 pages. Publisher: Berkley. Additional pictures
of condition are always available.
Book Description: The first of William Gibson's usually futuristic novels to
be set in the present, Pattern Recognition is a masterful snapshot of modern
consumer culture and hipster esoterica. Set in London, Tokyo, and Moscow,
Pattern Recognition takes the reader on a tour of a global village inhabited
by power-hungry marketeers, industrial saboteurs, high-end hackers, Russian
mob bosses, Internet fan-boys, techno archeologists, washed-out spies,
cultural documentarians, and our heroine Cayce Pollard--a soothsaying "cool
hunter" with an allergy to brand names.
Pollard is among a cult-like group of Internet obsessives that strives to
find meaning and patterns within a mysterious collection of video moments,
merely called "the footage," let loose onto the Internet by an unknown
source. Her hobby and work collide when a megalomaniac client hires her to
track down whoever is behind the footage. Cayce's quest will take her in and
out of harm's way in a high-stakes game that ultimately coincides with her
desire to reconcile her father's disappearance during the September 11
attacks in New York.
Although he forgoes his usual future-think tactics, this is very much a
William Gibson novel, more so for fans who realize that Gibson's brilliance
lies not in constructing new futures but in using astute observations of
present-day cultural flotsam to create those futures. With Pattern
Recognition, Gibson skips the extrapolation and focuses his acumen on our
confusing contemporary world, using the precocious Pollard to personify and
humanize the uncertain anxiety, optimistic hope, and downright fear many
feel when looking to the future. The novel is filled with Gibson's lyric
descriptions and astute observations of modern life, making it worth the
read for both cool hunters and their prey.
A photo gallery of pictures from this book is shown below. Any
questions, please email me at
aldergrove@ppowner.com
