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The Peripheral
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Series: The Jackpot Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling new novel about two intertwined futures, from the best-selling author of Neuromancer.
Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural near-future America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she's keen to avoid. Her brother Burton lives, or tries to, on money from the Veterans Association, in compensation for neurological damage suffered in a Marines elite unit. Flynne earns what she can by assembling product at the local 3D printshop. She used to make more as a combat scout in an online game, playing for a rich man, but she's had to let the shooter games go.
Wilf Netherton lives in London, seventy-some years later, on the far side of decades of slow-motion apocalypse. Things are pretty good now, for the haves, and there aren't many have-nots left. Wilf, a high-powered publicist and celebrity-minder, fancies himself as a romantic misfit in a society where reaching into the past is just another hobby.Burton's been moonlighting online, secretly working security in some game prototype, a virtual world that looks vaguely like London, but a lot weirder. He's got his sister taking over shifts, promised her the game's not a shooter. Still, the crime Flynne witnesses there is plenty bad.
Flynne and Wilf are about to meet one another. Her world will be altered utterly, irrevocably, and Wilf's, for all its decadence and power, will learn that some of these third-world types from the past can be badass.
According to the Guardian, in terms of influence Gibson is 'probably the most important novelist of the past two decades'. The Peripheral, which marks a return to the futurism of Neuromancer, will be adored by Gibson readers and will also appeal to fans of Ender's Game, Looper and Source Code.
Critic Reviews
"What a glorious ride! Like the woman said: brain 'splode" (Sam Leith, Guardian)
"This is a mesmerizing, captivating, haunting book - a wonderful addition to a brilliant oeuvre" (Harry Ritchie, Sunday Times)
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- Sharon
- 09-11-2020
Gibson does it again
This book and its sequel, Agency, look at multiple worlds and a way of reaching into the past....which will ultimately creates different outcomes to world events than London experienced in the real future. A future where the wealthy engage in a hobby that involves making contact with the past to entertain themselves in a future that has a much smaller population due to pandemics and climate change. Gibson’s dystopian look at London is full of imagination and a few surprises. Enjoy!
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- eyeknownuffin
- 29-08-2020
Good match
This is the 2nd Gibson story read to me by Lorelei & it’s proving to be a great match. I listened to Agency before Peripheral & truth be known, it didn’t bother me. I absorbed it like it was just a delayed prequel much like movies are sequenced these days. A whirlwind of a story Mr Gibson. Thank you & congratulations
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- Darren
- 04-08-2020
Classic Gibson
Fantastic voice performance. Great story. Another classic from William Gibson. Always entertaining, and thought provoking.
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- ArtekAu
- 13-06-2019
Bad performance
The performance really brings down a good story. I couldnt concentrate on the story due to the way the story was read. Disappointing, refunded
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- Claudia
- 09-02-2018
Utterly incomprehensible
I couldn't finish this book as it was impossible to follow the plot due to the ridiculous tech jargon. Additionally, the story jumped around between different times and characters as well as individual characters having several different names which again made it impossible to comprehend. The premise is interesting but very poorly executed for the general readership.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-05-2019
Challenging to follow
I found it a real challenge to follow what was going on in some parts of the book, but I’d definitely recommend persevering through to the end. Gibson’s text and the voice actor’s narration create a very believable and immersive future world for the listener/reader. I wonder if reading the physical book might make it less confusing as I could take my time?
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- Tristram
- 18-11-2016
A Ripper!
Best Gibson in ages! And I've liked all the others. Narrator was an excellent match.
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- Doug
- 01-08-2016
Somewhat disappointed
William Gibson is one of the stand out authors in the world for me. The man is a genius in his perceptive readings of the world and has a passing genius of the zeitgeist which always makes his books a great read. Unfortunately I found this last offering didn't really pull me into the story at all and I was left without that feeling of thrill or wonder which I have had from all his previous novels. Everyone should have one duffer in them and I hope this is WG's, to me he is a legend and it was only really the lovely voice of Lorelei King which saved the day. Sorry if you read this William but maybe my expectations were just too high as everything else from your wang (wink) is a masterpiece!
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- Martin
- 26-06-2016
King of Dystopia
So. I have read other books by William Gibson and are some of my favourites.
Some of the reviews on here made me worried. Several saying they couldn't under stand it. It turned out it was William Gibson just doing his thing.
I love the way the book starts with several disconnected threads. Then, in the way he does, the all start to overlap and weave together. The result an engrossing, fast paced story that I enjoyed every second of.
If you find the first few chapters tough, keep with it. I promise it will be worth it.
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- Mr M F C Rose
- 14-09-2016
Back to brilliant
This has shades of Neuromancer, Source Code and a hint of Nick Bostrum... and thoroughly William Gibson. A proper romp with 'time travel' that could almost make sense. I get the feeling I might be living in a weird quantum entangled stub. Loved it.
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- Mr. M. Edwards
- 10-09-2016
Excellent.
This is a fantastic book, using big ideas in a new and refreshing way. I don't want to say much about the plot but the way it all comes together is very clever.
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- an italian in london
- 22-07-2016
a great book and a great audiobook
i enjoyed this so much that although it says a review is optional i am going to write 20 words basically i loved the book and i loved the audiobook too
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- Gary Robottom
- 28-02-2016
Not overly impressed
Took a lot to finally work out what was going on then it all happened so easily and quickly. the juicy bits just fizzled.
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- Robin Phillips
- 06-11-2015
Great
Brilliantly written and narrated. Immensely enjoyable.
Gibson at his fantastic best. Weaving two timelines seamlessly. Total immersion recommended. Thank-you
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- Wras
- 02-06-2015
A palpable sense of atonal dislocation
The first one hundred pages of The Peripheral are unnecessarily obtuse and complicated, for what in the end is pretty much a murder mystery wrapped up in techno speak and some temporal quantum twists. but you have to pay attention to what happens in those first chapters because the bases of the plot happen there.
William Gibson can create some of the best dystopias and make up some of the best technology of what is sitting at the very edge of our newest creations, he also can foresee how society is shaped by this machines or the use and perception of data as the most basic component of reality.
Tattoos that move (nano tech), humans with so much technology inbeded they no longer feel human to themselves, quantum servers that can perceive other possible futures and pasts, assembler and disassemblers mining for molecular parts, reality,games, other segments other realities. infuse this novel with a palpable sense of atonal dislocation, where humanity is just data inhabiting peripherals with bone resonans for ultra secret communication.
Over all and enjoyable trip to what could be or will probably happen.
Clear reading that is faithful to the book.
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- Matt Bellringer
- 25-07-2015
Another great Gibson book
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This is a return to the high-future scifi of William Gibson's earlier books after the Bigend trilogy, but is still grounded in an unsettling sense of the present. It may not be the first of his books I'd recommend, but it is great nonetheless.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Peripheral?
The conclusion, without wanting to give anything away, is at once both rewarding and has a strange sense of continuity about it. The whole world of the book has stuck with me for days after finishing it.
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- My Idoru
- 03-12-2015
A frighteningly possible future view
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who likes thought provoking, intelligently written literature. Except romantics....
Who was your favorite character and why?
All the characters came over well, both through writing and performance. I particularly liked Connor, although his was a small part. The heroines mother was also very real
What about Lorelei King’s performance did you like?
I've listened to Lorelei's books before and am always impressed by her characterisation and pronunciation. She's either very well read or does research!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Nope - a few hours a day, relaxing treat. To good and complex for one sitting. I had dreams about it!
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