Spook Country
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| Author | William Gibson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
| Released | August 7, 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback), Audiobook |
| Pages | 384 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-399-15430-2 |
| Preceded by | Pattern Recognition |
Spook Country is a forthcoming novel by William Gibson, set to be released on August 7, 2007 by publisher Penguin Putnam.[1]
Gibson announced the book October 6, 2006 on his blog, where fragments of the novel have been posted non-sequentially for some time now, which has lead to much speculation on the content and plot of the novel. Gibson has confirmed that Spook Country is set in February 2006[2], and is a continuation of his previous novel, Pattern Recognition.
| “ | It's set "in the same universe," as they say, as Pattern Recognition. Which is more or less the one we live in now. --Interview with PC Magazine, February 2006[3] |
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[edit] Characters in Spook Country
Taken from the US publisher Putnam's catalog: [4]
Tito is in his early 20s. Cuban by ancestry, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a Nolita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer.
Hollis Henry is a journalist, on investigative assignment from a magazine called Node. Node doesn’t exist yet, which is fine, she’s used to that, but it seems to be actively preventing the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they begin to exist. That would be odd, and even a little scary, if Hollis allowed herself to think about it much, which she can’t afford to do.
Milgrim is a junkie. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription anti-anxiety drugs, but he figures he wouldn’t survive 24 hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying the little bubble-packs. What Brown is up to Milgrim can’t say, but it seems to be military - at least, Milgrim’s very nuanced Russian is a big part of it, as is breaking into locked rooms.
Bobby Chombo is a 'producer', and an enigma. In his day job, Bobby is a trouble-shooter for military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him.
[edit] Major themes
The book will take a multilayered approach similar to Gibson's novels prior to 2003's Pattern Recognition and will treat of themes relating to espionage, the nature of media, and esoteric martial artistry, as well as familiar themes from the author's previous novels such as emergent phenomena and the sociocultural effects of technology.
[edit] References
- ^ Amazon.co.uk details for Spook Country
- ^ My Novel's Set in February 2006 - blog post by William Gibson
- ^ February 6 2007 PC Magazine Interview
- ^ The William Gibson Aleph
Novels: The Sprawl Trilogy: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive • The Difference Engine (with Bruce Sterling) • The Bridge trilogy: Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties • Pattern Recognition • Spook Country
Short stories Johnny Mnemonic • The Gernsback Continuum • Fragments of a Hologram Rose • The Belonging Kind • Hinterlands • Red Star, Winter Orbit • New Rose Hotel • The Winter Market • Dogfight • Burning Chrome • Skinner's Room
Film adaptations: Johnny Mnemonic • New Rose Hotel • Pattern Recognition
Miscellanea: Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) • No Maps for These Territories • X-Files episodes
