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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 Cyberpunk Fiction Hard Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Technology Thriller Exciting England Game
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A fantastic story that the TV series very loosely follows. Great voice actor to boot who helped to bring the audible narration to life.

Enjoyable, informative and entertaining.

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As prescient as Neuromancer was in the 80s - love the Amazon series - a crime it was cancelled. Gibsons prose is poetry

Brilliant narration - incredible accents bravo

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I tried to persevere but I just couldn't follow; I kept going back to listen again but I had difficulties following and understanding what was happening.

I had difficulties and gave up at chapter 13

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Made me realise just how much skill goes into making narration look effortless. The story was engaging, if lacking in character development. But so very hard to focus on through the obtrusively effortful accents and voices. Far too many sentences read with incorrect emphasis, making me listen to them over again to understand what the author actually meant. I'm not sure Gibson's dialogue is really as pedestrian as this made it seem, but I won't be rushing for print versions of other works, to check.

This was hard work

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the concept of the story is brilliant and even though the narration and character accents were masterfully executed, something was off with the pace or flow, which couldn't get me immersed in the story somehow. I could understand what the story was about in a broad sense, but it felt like I lost connection with the characters and zoned out of the story on multiple occasions (the stuff I'm doing while listening, like driving my car or even my own thoughts overruling the narrator)

what did I just read?

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