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Sep 14, 2017scribby rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
In this collection of short stories, science fiction takes a left turn. With almost detective/noir styling, Gibson takes us into a computerized near-future world with hologram hobbyists (“Dogfight”), or a near-future world that used to exist (“The Gernsback Continuum”), or a world of secret life-forms that exist alongside of us, hidden (“The Belonging Kind”). Several of these stories are set in the same cyberpunk universe as the groundbreaking novel “Neuromancer” and its sequels. Like those novels, these short stories may seem a little too dense at first read; but understanding comes as they are read together. By the middle of the book, the reader realizes: this is fun stuff.