![]() The style and structure that Gibson wanted to go for, here, is one of fast, short sentences and the truncated lines of realistic daily speech, in a large number of extremely short chapters. The two timelines connect not far into the novel as there is a way to exchange information between present and future. ![]() ![]() In 2100, a Russian kleptocrat and the people he hires from shady backgrounds. In 2030 we have a cast of a war veteran with the remains of technological implants in his body, and his sister and their relations living in an impoverished American county that’s running on drugs. The characters in these two timelines are typically living on the outskirts of society. The world in the 2030s is still somewhat recognisable as it lies close to our reality, but the other one in the 2100s is hard work for the reader as it takes place in some post-singularity world full of bio and nano technology. Characteristically for Gibson’s approach, he completely overloads these plotlines with countless inventions of future technology. The book features plotlines in two future settings, one in the 2030s and one much farther into the future, beyond 2100. William Gibson returned to cyberpunk with his novel The Peripheral. ![]()
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