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Zero History

By William Gibson
Zero History by William Gibson digital book - Fable

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Hollis Henry never intended to work for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend again. But now she’s broke, and Bigend has just the thing to get her back in the game...
 
Milgrim can disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic—so much so that he spoke it with his therapist in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of his addiction...
 
Garreth doesn't owe Bigend a thing. But he does have friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors powerful people need when things go sideways...
 
They all have something Bigend wants as he finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift, after a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy they can out-Bigend Bigend himself.

Zero History is [Gibson’s] best yet, a triumph of science fiction as social criticism and adventure.”—BoingBoing.net

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3.5
“Challenging, dark, informative, mysterious, reflective, and tense. Medium-paced Plot- or character-driven? A mix Strong character development? It's complicated Loveable characters? It's complicated Diverse cast of characters? Yes Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes 4.0 ⭐ Okay, out of the three books within this trilogy, this one was the most comprehensible. That is partly due to the fact that most of the characters spilled over from two to three. I also believe that the story was LESS jumbled...and I "sort of" understood what was happening at most moments. The thing that makes these characters LESS interesting, in general, is that most EVERYTHING happens TO them. Yes, they do this or that, but in service to someone else's plan, or plan of a plan of a plan (at least that is what they tell the main characters afterward). You thought you did that on your own, but actually, I planted this and that...so that this person did this, so that you'd to THAT. Ugh. So frustrating for the characters and for the reader (if I'm being honest). Now, the last chapter made NO sense, whatsoever. I took it as a poem of sorts, but I do not know what the author's intent was...other the eff with my mind. The last third of this books was, edge of my seat reading. I was truly engaged...and loved it up to the very end (minus the last chapter, but tbh...it didn't make the good parts, bad...just made it weirder). I keep giving William Gibson a pass, and keep reading his works...for I believe he has great and interesting ideas about our world, current, near future and far future...but I also feel that someone smarter than me...is able to distill this "greatness" into their mind...to then adapt it for another medium and make is palatable for the masses (me). If you enjoyed this book, and series...reach out to me. If you understood it better than I did...then help me to understand it the way that you did. I'm up for it.”

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