Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: A worthy continuation of Ender’s journey. In a way it actually makes Ender’s Game better in that it creates proper reason for him to continue living. A powerful thought to speak the lives of the dead, as they lived them. The books keeps you guessing in some ways and in others it is crystal clear and the characters in the book are the only ones guessing. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: While reading Scanner Darkly I was wondering how much P.K.Dick knew about drugs. It wasn’t until I reached the afterword that I realized book was semi-autobiographic in nature. I could see before my eyes how Bob Arctor the drug addict started mixing with Fred the undercover cop. And it was not a pretty sight. As destructive as Substance-D was, Fred risked his life taking it, to try and track down its local source. …
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: Great finish of the trilogy from the grandmaster of what-will-be. Gibson continues painting the world where, unknowingly to most participants, something big is unfolding. I can’t say the ultimate finish surprised me much, but the storyline kept me on the edge wanting more page after page. I have seen the nodal points, I have seen the connections…I just needed to comprehend what I was seeing in front of me. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: Sci-fi classic short stories. Great narrative and real connection between present and future make this collection really worth reading for every fan of Sci-fi. Too bad I had a bit shabby translation version only, original is probably much better. Favorites were Winter Market, Dogfight and Burning Chrome. All perfectly pessimistic, yet felt so real…
Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: My first P.K. Dick book and a well read indeed, although I admit I was expecting something more logical. Am I the only one who can’t imagine a world where all animals are sacred and most of them are even extinct (most sacred being insects)? Nevertheless story of a bounty-hunter trying to catch escaped androids and “retire” them is quite action-packed and full of interesting ideas. …
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: Wow. The book completely consumed me. The story of 6 year old boy learning, fighting, surviving military training amongst peers and growing older. Of what it means to be human. Book asks the same question I have been for some time. Is the result/action more important than intention? What happens when you can’t tell the right from wrong? Parts I probably enjoyed most were fights/battles Ender has been through. …
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: What does being a celebrity actually mean? Where does a creation of media end and person start? Gibson creates a universe where it’s possible for lives of completely different people meet and do so with a bang. Life of a 14 year old schoolgirl obsessed with a pop-idol, ex-prisoner turned bodyguard with knack for tomahawks and data analyst able to do pattern recognition on big databases. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: I bow before W. Gibson’s ability to create sense of certain environment, of polluted narrow streets, London, wastelands, cyberspace. I still think Neuromancer was somehow better, but loved how various characters from Neuromancer and Count Zero played their parts here. It really got hold of me and didn’t let go until the last page was read.It seemed more user-friendly than previous parts, but maybe that’s just me getting used to the Sprawl slang…
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: What can I say? Chiba site got me. The Sprawl made me excited and Freeside finished me off. Great book all in all, with some parts that were quite hard to understand for me, but enjoyable still. And I just loved little intermezzo about Johnny Mnemonic. Just classic.
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: This was amazing. Best read in a loooong time. Ever felt like there are a few puppet masters of “public” opinion? This thriller/detective story (untraditionally non-sci-fi for William Gibson) will take you for a ride and make you wonder what opinions are your own. Follow Cayce Pollard, the hunter of tomorrow’s “cool” on her quest to uncover maker(s?) of intricate video footage appearing randomly on the Internet and you will “take a duck in your face”. …