Mark Anderson reviewed Agency by William Gibson
Review of 'Agency' on 'Goodreads'
High momentum pulpy / intellectual read that feels, like all the best Gibson, like a view into the cutting edge of now.
Hardcover
Published Jan. 21, 2020 by Berkley.
Agency
4 stars
(3 reviews)
They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice...
Only Eunice has other ideas.
Pretty soon, Verity realises that Eunice is smarter than anyone she's ever met. Which is just as well since suddenly some very bad people are after Verity.
Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there - and fixing it will require not only Eunice's unique human-AI skillset but also a little help from the future.
[email protected] reviewed Agency by William Gibson
its neuromancer 2
4 stars
Its interesting to see gibson circle back on his hit - this is very similar to neuromancer, but more grounded, and somehow set last year, or a few years ago even.
There is a minor grandpa vibes developing too. I don't think gibsons politics are bad, they just feel more visibly centrist than they were in the past.
Ted Tschopp reviewed Agency by William Gibson
Review of 'Agency' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A great concept that seems to be a world building experiment and setup for the next story.