The Peripheral

I would say that this is Gibson back on form. The start of the book can be construed as bewildering, but in my view it's just Gibson making the reader work a little. There are things in the book that remain unexplained - like, where and what are the stub servers - vague references to Chinese tech, and the ending, whilst ‘happy', is a little too unresolved in my opinion.

Gibson says this is a standalone novel, but I think there are more than enough storylines and characters for at least another.

This aging techno geek enjoyed it.