http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2010/05/20/count_zero/ A Life In Science Fiction Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2010/05/20/count_zero/#comment-289 Mon, 31 May 2010 20:43:07 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2010/05/20/count_zero/#comment-289 Also the current Bigend Trilogy (Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Zero History (upcoming)) is like a remake of the Sprawl Trilogy but set in contemporary America. Same themes, but totally different fabric of reality: female protagonists, softening of the Burroughs-esque surface texture of the writing, more overt observational humor. I went back and re-read the Sprawl Trilogy after Spook Country came out and, like Mike, I found it far more legible than I’d remembered it.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2010/05/20/count_zero/#comment-288 Thu, 20 May 2010 22:36:49 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2010/05/20/count_zero/#comment-288 Either I got smarter or he got easier as I moved forward through his books. I think Virtual Light was the first book of his I felt I “got” and then when I re-read Neuromancer it made more sense.

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