william gibson

of late, i've been fairly preoccupied with stuff that's happening with the older / younger generations of my family. perhaps that's why i've been motivated to start reading sci-fi again: it's a good mental distraction, and better than detective stories. in particular, i've been getting into the works of william gibson, the guy who invented "cyberpunk" with his first novel neuromancer. he also likes to use the names of songs i dig as book / chapter titles. (i'm currently reading his "bridge trilogy," the last volume of which is all tomorrow's parties.) crafty mofo, he: one device he'll use to keep you turning pages is to have two parallel plot threads with different p.o.v.'s and alternating chapters. it's been working on me so far.