{"product":{"product_id":"0425198685","title":"Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant)","price":"15.21","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/518gi31Y4iL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0425198685"},"comments":[{"body":"\u0026gt; χρειαζονται εχθρους ακομα κι αν αυτοι δεν υπαρχουν.\r\n\r\n[Johnly Walker: keep on walking](https://imgur.com/Qusopn5)\r\n\r\nΈχεις διαβάσει το [\"Pattern Recongition\"](https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-Blue-William-Gibson/dp/0425198685) του William Gibson;","subreddit_name":"greece","author":"project2501a"},{"body":"\u0026gt; \r\n\u0026gt; ####About this Episode:\r\n\u0026gt; \r\n\u0026gt; William Gibson's *Pattern Recognition* was published in 2003, in the wake of 9/11. You would think that a novel about the early Internet's effects on the collective psyche would feel dated today. But Gibson's insight into the deeper implications of digital culture and soul-rending consumerism are such that we are still catching up with Cayce Pollard, the novel's protagonist, as she journeys into the hypermodern underworld, searching for the secrets of art, time, and death. In this episode, JF and Phil read Pattern Recognition as an exploration of the attention economy, an ascent of the all-seeing pyramid, a subtle rewilding of postmodern culture, and a handbook for the magicians of \r\n\u0026gt; \r\n\u0026gt; ####References:\r\n\u0026gt;  \r\n\u0026gt; * William Gibson, [Pattern Recognition](https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-Blue-William-Gibson/dp/0425198685)\r\n\u0026gt; * Malcolm Gladwell, [\"The Coolhunt\"](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/03/17/the-coolhunt)\r\n\u0026gt; * Douglas Rushkoff, [Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present_Shock:_When_Everything_Happens_Now)\r\n\u0026gt; * Alvin and Heidi Toffler, [Future Shock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock)\r\n\u0026gt; * Weird Studies Episode 30 -- [On Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut](https://www.weirdstudies.com/30)\r\n\u0026gt; * Weird Studies Episode 50 -- [Demogorgon: On Stranger Things](https://www.weirdstudies.com/50)\r\n\u0026gt; * Austin Osman Spare, [The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of AOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Focus_of_Life)\r\n\u0026gt; * Douglas Rushkoff, [Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age](https://www.wired.com/2011/07/douglas-rushkoff/)","subreddit_name":"ConspiracyII","author":"-Ph03niX-"},{"body":"After working in bookstores and libraries for the past 12 years I'm pretty good at choosing books I like based solely on their covers. I don't like to be \"spoiled\" by reading the back of the book, so I just go off the quality of the cover. \r\nSome books I've read recently and loved, chosen because of their covers:\r\n[Pattern Recognition](http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson/dp/0425198685/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1275336637\u0026amp;sr=1-1), [Special Topics in Calamity Physics](http://www.amazon.com/Special-Topics-Calamity-Physics-Marisha/dp/0143112120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1275336764\u0026amp;sr=1-1), [The Egyptologist](http://img.infibeam.com/img/04fc115c/76120/BE/PDF/P-M-B-9781588364142-BEPDF.jpg), [Fortress of Solitude](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/fortress_of_solitude.large.jpg\u0026amp;imgrefurl=http://bookcoverarchive.com/book/fortress_of_solitude\u0026amp;usg=__6SkYxgH3SD-Vy_w2FvEj8iV3Sg4=\u0026amp;h=475\u0026amp;w=323\u0026amp;sz=35\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;start=2\u0026amp;um=1\u0026amp;itbs=1\u0026amp;tbnid=0akAMIZjYbk3QM:\u0026amp;tbnh=129\u0026amp;tbnw=88\u0026amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfortress%2Bof%2Bsolitude%2Blethem%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1).","subreddit_name":"books","author":"jahilia"},{"body":"My first thought is William Gibson's latest trilogy.   Specifically ...\r\n\r\n* [Pattern Recognition](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22320.Pattern_Recognition)  \r\n* [Spook Country](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22322.Spook_Country)  \r\n* [Zero History](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7745031-zero-history)  \r\n\r\nI struggle to describe just how good these books are.   However, I thought the [Amazon review](http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson/dp/0425198685) by Jerry Pugh of Pattern Recognition  was pretty spot on.   \r\n\r\nI have read each of these a couple of times and I always feel like I understand the world a little better afterwards.","subreddit_name":"booksuggestions","author":"tfRoot2702"}]}