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Title: Hyperpunk? Hmm.
Review: Amazon referred this book to me as one that William Gibson fans liked. If that's how you found it, keep looking-- although I don't doubt that anybody who likes this book probably likes William Gibson.The plot moved along, sure. There was some of the grittiness that you expect from Gibson or Shirley, and Nylund tried hard, without quite succeeding, to make it ring true. What was most annoying about the book, though, more than the fake street-smarts, was how friggin STUPID the protagonist was. No way a street kid-turned-spook would give an unknown alien what Jack was passing out. By the end, I was mostly reading the book in the hope that Jack would get what he had coming, but no such luck.Hang in there. Maybe Gibson only writes a book every three or four years, but they're worth the wait.
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