A review by angelicide
The Peripheral by William Gibson

5.0

William Gibson's novels are always difficult in the beginning. The reader is typically thrown into an alien environment with no background or explication and forced to piece together the situation completely from context. This sink or swim introduction can be both frustrating and exciting. In this case, however, I found myself flailing around uncomprehending for much longer than usual. Perhaps it's just me, but I thought more than once, this may be the first William Gibson novel that I'm not going to like.

Eventually, though, I did get it. And when I did, it was absolutely brilliant. The man has a truly innovative mind and it makes for some inspired and profound literature. Now that I understand the world he's created (as well as one can understand a William Gibson world), I'll probably read it again so that I can experience the whole thing from a fresh perspective.