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Pattern Recognition: Blue Ant 1
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William Gibson
Mark Durst
, October 22, 2014
This book is the first of a trilogy set "twenty minutes in the future". Gibson's ideas are prescient now just as they were in the 80s with Neuromancer and the books that followed. But these books are tinged with a post-9/11 creepiness that fully reflects the constricted political and social landscape we all move in today. As always, wonderful, thoughtful writing makes his points; his discussion of long-distance flight in the first few pages is typically insightful, and now colors all my travel experiences.
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Infinite Jest
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David Foster Wallace
Mark Durst
, January 20, 2012
This book is a beautiful meditation on addition, obsession, and suicide. Set around a tennis academy and the recovery center below it, a rambling narrative gradually centers in on an entertainment so absorbing that its viewers lose all interest in the rest of life. It's not a perfect book; it drops off abruptly (in the middle of a flashback!) with several characters' stories unresolved. But it's plenty good; if you enjoy the virtuoso 14-page setpiece that opens the book, you're good for the whole 978 pages.
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Guards! Guards!: Discworld 8
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Terry Pratchett
Mark Durst
, September 30, 2011
This is an excellent place to enter the Discworld series. It is past Pratchett's early fumbling with the form, and provides a first look at one of his stock character sets, who recur in many later Discworld novels. It's also a wonderful introduction to Terry Pratchett, a lapidary writer who breaks the bonds of comic fantasy to write books that should be of interest to anyone who reads fiction.
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Spook Country
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William Gibson
Mark Durst
, January 01, 2011
Superbly creepy beginning, with expert plotting taking one through to the satisfying, though surprisingly quiet, finale. Excellent character studies, lively, detailed images of American urban scenes, and fascinating just-around-the-corner tech. Gibson's commentary on our current social trends gets steadily better as it hits closer to home.
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