The Peripheral

By: William Gibson

Narrated by: Katie Leung

The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling audiobook about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer

In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game after all—the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead. The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures—pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London—to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now.

“Wild, richly satisfying . . . big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride” - Guardian

©2014 William Gibson (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd

I just can't read Gibson

Gibson is a genius at ideas, he's very good at writing character, but he just can't deliver a plot. I finished this book and I don't even remember what happened in the middle of it, just the opening, ending, and a few random scenes.

I feel the same about hist other books, so I think it's just me.