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Spook Country (Blue Ant) ハードカバー – 2007/8/2
英語版
William Gibson
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Tito and Alejandro's Aunt Jauna had all the skills that were needed in Cuba ― a thousand tricks of the forger's art. But now the boys are in New York, and it's a new world. Soon they're dealing with a mysterious American who can speak Russian and who seems to be on the trail of something big, something political. Trouble is, as the Cubans find to their cost, he's competing with a few other parties, too.
- 本の長さ384ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Viking
- 発売日2007/8/2
- 寸法16.3 x 3.4 x 24.4 cm
- ISBN-100670914940
- ISBN-13978-0670914944
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Praise for Pattern Recognition:
'A big novel, full of bold ideas. Races along like an expert thriller' GQ
'Elegant, entrancing. Gibson's most complex, mature gloss on the artist's relationship to our ever more commercialized globe' New York Times
'The best for ages from the godfather of cyberpunk' FHM
'Part-detective story, part-cultural snapshot . . . all bound by Gibson's pin-sharp prose' Arena
'More insight, wit and sheer style than any of his contemporaries' Charles Shaar Murray, Independent
著者について
William Gibson's first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide. Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed his first trilogy. He has since written six further novels, moving gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work, instead writing about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Spook Country, Zero History and Peripheral. His non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.
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- 出版社 : Viking (2007/8/2)
- 発売日 : 2007/8/2
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 384ページ
- ISBN-10 : 0670914940
- ISBN-13 : 978-0670914944
- 寸法 : 16.3 x 3.4 x 24.4 cm
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Ivonne Miller
5つ星のうち4.0
Phew! buckle on your paranoia boots, and enjoy!
2017年7月18日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Like so many of William Gibson's novels, you need to really pay attention during the first 50 pages. The characters arrive in a blizzard and the plot elements need careful watching or they'll fade from your memory (mine, at least) before the framework is completed. But it's a very good story, one which reminds the reader that Gibson possesses a world class imagination to go with his wonderful ability to craft memorable, affecting characters.
Don't miss it.
Don't miss it.
Alex from Montreal
5つ星のうち3.0
Three Stars
2015年10月31日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
None of Gibson's work lives up to Neuromancer and Count Zero.
M. Popke
5つ星のうち5.0
Not what I expected, better really.
2007年9月17日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Spook Country is the follow up to Pattern Recognition only so much as it takes place in the same world. If you came to the novel expecting more of the same, then you came to the wrong place. But if all you want is more of the same, why read any of Gibson's novels? Not that Pattern Recognition wasn't brilliant and fun (which it was both in spades), but Spook Country resonates with our reality a little more than PR did. Whereas PR allowed you to escape a little from the real world, Spook Country slams you head first into the windscreen of the now, and as unsettling, confusing and very often trivial as our real world has become, so are the events of the novel.
The prose is typical Gibson, beautifully contrived and laced with a staggering breadth of pop and not-so-pop cultural knowledge. The story switches between three primary characters and the transitions in these context switches are for the most part handled very well, hardly missing a beat. Particularly striking are the chapters which cover the same sequence of events from differing viewpoints and manage to do so with perfect rhythm. There are shades of Neal Stephenson beginning to show in the book in the way Gibson handles these transitions -- in a good way.
I won't spoil it for you, but the story is not Good Spy vs. Bad Spy. If it were, it wouldn't be Gibson. Those who feel lost in the story, or wish that the conclusion were more clearly drawn have missed the point of the book. This is about today. This book represents, in narrative, the situation we all find ourselves in post 9/11. None of us really know what's going on. The people running what's going on don't know what's really going on anymore. It's too large, too complicated, too organic for any of us to comprehend anymore. The world stopped making sense some time ago, and we ignored that fact until the fears of 9/11 made us aware of it. This book is about the human reaction to the human-made and yet completely unknowable world that is emerging around us.
It is simply brilliant, and the most fun I've had with a novel since Pattern Recognition.
The prose is typical Gibson, beautifully contrived and laced with a staggering breadth of pop and not-so-pop cultural knowledge. The story switches between three primary characters and the transitions in these context switches are for the most part handled very well, hardly missing a beat. Particularly striking are the chapters which cover the same sequence of events from differing viewpoints and manage to do so with perfect rhythm. There are shades of Neal Stephenson beginning to show in the book in the way Gibson handles these transitions -- in a good way.
I won't spoil it for you, but the story is not Good Spy vs. Bad Spy. If it were, it wouldn't be Gibson. Those who feel lost in the story, or wish that the conclusion were more clearly drawn have missed the point of the book. This is about today. This book represents, in narrative, the situation we all find ourselves in post 9/11. None of us really know what's going on. The people running what's going on don't know what's really going on anymore. It's too large, too complicated, too organic for any of us to comprehend anymore. The world stopped making sense some time ago, and we ignored that fact until the fears of 9/11 made us aware of it. This book is about the human reaction to the human-made and yet completely unknowable world that is emerging around us.
It is simply brilliant, and the most fun I've had with a novel since Pattern Recognition.
M A Smith
5つ星のうち5.0
Just gets better
2014年11月2日にオーストラリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I've read this book (and the other two that make up the Blue Ant trilogy' twice ... What amazing writing, what riveting detail, how compelling. I expect to read these over and over again, as I have many of le Carre's. I've seen reviewers puzzle about the storyline and the details, and it's true, sometimes you're not sure what's happening, but the reading is so enjoyable and engrossing it really doesn't matter if you've lost the plot ... just another excuse to read it again, and again. William Gibson started out as the bestselling author of Neuromancer (which was pretty good) but his later work is on another level. This trilogy and the one about the community that establishes itself on the Golden Gate Bridge in the near future (Virtual Light, etc) are marvels. And his next, 'The peripheral' is coming out soon, just in time for my 60th birthday (I've pre-ordered it). I was raised on Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov, 'Amazing Stories' et al, and IMHO this genre (which I think we call 'speculative fiction' these days) just gets better and better.
Diz
5つ星のうち5.0
Gosh, I wish I lived in this world. Oh! I do!
2007年8月27日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I've read all William Gibson's books. The Neuromancer trilogy was just wonderful. But then, slowly, his books changed; through Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties and then Pattern Recognition, he moved into a different time. Not really a different genre though. I mean, you could say that Pattern Recognition and Spook Country are thrillers, spy novels, but they're not. They're really not.
Whenever I read a Gibson novel, I find myself wishing that I lived in his world. But then I realise that, basically, I do. And that's what's so magical about them. It's Gibson's take on our existing world that makes you look at it in a new way, from a new perspective. Surely that must be one of the greatest things a novelist can do. His prose is so tight, so condensed and yet has so many echoes, so many extra-cultural references that it's like reading a novel, a map, a web-page, a history book all wrapped up together.
Look up Hubertus Bigend on Wikipedia. That's what one of his characters does. If you do, you'll find an entry referencing this book. This kind of reflexivity is central to this book. The merging of quite separate worlds - rock music, money laundering, marketing, geo-politics, voodoo religion - suggests a side of globalisation not explored anywhere else in this form. Referring to global brand names is simply one side of this - a Brabus Maybach for heaven's sake! (have a look at the Brabus web-site, with sound on) - just grounds this in something akin to a material fantasy.
In some ways, the characters represent these different worlds, or at least different aspects of them. Milgrim, addicted to Ativan (1987 Ativan advertisement. "In a world where certainties are few...no wonder Ativan® (lorazepam)C-IV is prescribed by so many caring clinicians.") seemingly captured by Brown (the secret agent?), finally just walks away, free to go back to his favourite book on the history of heresy. Brown, scary but fundamentally old school and out of his depth, violent in his ignorance, Tito, of indeterminate race and innocent esoteric skills, Hollis, ex obscure rock star, lost all her money in the dot com bubble, cynical, worldly-wise, and Bigend, manipulative but still somehow childlike, playing with ideas and technologies.
The story is good. The characters are good. The premise is good. The execution almost faultless. A gripping read. A fab book.
Whenever I read a Gibson novel, I find myself wishing that I lived in his world. But then I realise that, basically, I do. And that's what's so magical about them. It's Gibson's take on our existing world that makes you look at it in a new way, from a new perspective. Surely that must be one of the greatest things a novelist can do. His prose is so tight, so condensed and yet has so many echoes, so many extra-cultural references that it's like reading a novel, a map, a web-page, a history book all wrapped up together.
Look up Hubertus Bigend on Wikipedia. That's what one of his characters does. If you do, you'll find an entry referencing this book. This kind of reflexivity is central to this book. The merging of quite separate worlds - rock music, money laundering, marketing, geo-politics, voodoo religion - suggests a side of globalisation not explored anywhere else in this form. Referring to global brand names is simply one side of this - a Brabus Maybach for heaven's sake! (have a look at the Brabus web-site, with sound on) - just grounds this in something akin to a material fantasy.
In some ways, the characters represent these different worlds, or at least different aspects of them. Milgrim, addicted to Ativan (1987 Ativan advertisement. "In a world where certainties are few...no wonder Ativan® (lorazepam)C-IV is prescribed by so many caring clinicians.") seemingly captured by Brown (the secret agent?), finally just walks away, free to go back to his favourite book on the history of heresy. Brown, scary but fundamentally old school and out of his depth, violent in his ignorance, Tito, of indeterminate race and innocent esoteric skills, Hollis, ex obscure rock star, lost all her money in the dot com bubble, cynical, worldly-wise, and Bigend, manipulative but still somehow childlike, playing with ideas and technologies.
The story is good. The characters are good. The premise is good. The execution almost faultless. A gripping read. A fab book.