Just finished reading Gibson's All Tomorrow's Parties this past weekend.

I found it a very enjoyable and easy read thanks to Gibson's usual "blunt" writing style.   I guess I really can't  agree with the majority of the reviews on Amazon, as I have not read the prior novels that this book supposedly brings togther.   Perhaps, that's why I was able to really enjoy it as I didn't have any pre-concieved notions of 'sequel' as I dived in to the  storyline and subplots being weaved together. 

In defense of Gibson, a Salon.com article had this to say which I find myself agreeing with:

"...Gibson has trouble making his endings as vivid and precise as all the details leading up to them, and "All Tomorrow's Parties" suffers in this respect. The ultimate conflict has to do with introducing nanotechnology....Outrunning the future can be tough in the digital age. You have to hand it to Gibson for managing, once more, to stay at least one step ahead."

Although not a complete letdown, the ending did leave more than a few questions left unanswered.   Open options on another book perhaps?

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