William Gibson 2008 Book Tour

The official word on the 2008 Book Tour to support the paperback version of Spook Country...

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“She put the helmet on, turned it on, and looked up to where...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 84. THE MAN WHO SHOT WALT...

Bobby, now also free of his anxiety [and] in the presence of Inchmale, explores a potential location...

“‘It’s not bad,’ said Bobby, spilling a little of his second...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 83. STRATHCONA

In a bed-and-breakfast near a deserted Vancouver Chinatown, Milgrim—passing himself off as a...

“‘And you’re writing your thesis on Baptists, Mr. Milgrim?’”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

“Someone has a website going where every single thing...”
— Steve Ranger, Heading into...

Trouble at FLDS Church in Porthill, ID

Chapter 82. BEENIE’S

Awakening to a call from Garreth, Hollis leaves the flat for Beenie’s where she meets Garreth, Tito...

“The unfamiliar ring tone of Garreth’s cell woke her.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

“Someone’s already named a Web site after NODE, the...”
— Chris Watson, Bookends:...

Chapter 81. IN BETWEEN EVERYTHING

After Garreth pick him up from sitting in with Igor and the band, Tito tells Garreth about the man...

“‘You can’t give me a number?’”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Mongolian Death Worm

Chapter 80. MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM

Thinking back to “the single strangest thing I imagine I’ll ever see,” Hollis wonders aloud to...

“‘Business-class lounge for Air Asshole,’ declared Inchmale,...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 79. ARTIST AND REPERTOIRE

After phoning Garreth to tell him the job is done, Tito takes a beer from the A&R man, deciding...

“‘Where’d you say you’re from?’ asked the man from Igor’s...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

More Reviews

Check out these recent reviews of Spook Country from the LA Times and the UK Times Online [focusing...

Drug dealers on Hastings and Main [Vancouver, BC] fighting...

Chapter 78. THEIR DIFFERENT DRUMMER

Leaving the building in the hands of the “dustmen” and her purse behind, Hollis tells Garreth to...

“‘My purse,’ she said, as they drove back to Bobby’s.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 77. SLACK ROPE

Guided by the spirit of Ochun, Tito climbs the nylon rope and secures the magnets to cover the nine...

“The Guerreros were not waiting for him, when he left the...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Freerunning through cyberspace: Review of...

Max Ernst landscape

Powell Street [Vancouver, BC]

Chapter 76. LOCATION SHOOT

Garreth and Hollis, pretending to be location scouts for an untitled movie, enter an eight-story...

“Having dropped Tito and driven on, not far at all along the...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 75. HEY, BUDDY

Recovering from Brown’s near-fatal attack and with the spirit of Oshosi “huge in his head,” Tito...

“Oshosi, scout and hunter, had entered Tito in mid-backtuck.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Village Voice review of Spook Country

William Gibson interview with Scribd

Cory Doctorow review of Spook Country

Only 5 more days (and 10 chapter...

Younger Johnny Depp

Chapter 74. AS DIRECTED

Watching Brown mutter and act intensely nervous as they get closer to the turquoise shipping...

“Milgrim had been thinking about offering Brown a Rize, when...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Ebay: Slightly over 1/2 Inch in height. You can see the...

Chapter 73. SPECIAL FORCES

Riding in the van with Garreth driving, Hollis admires fifteen-year-old Tito’s presence [“pretty...

“Going somewhere she’d never seen, at night, in a van with...”
—  William Gibson [from Chapter...

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And...

Chapter 72. EVENT HORIZON

After giving Tito his final instructions for entering the shipping yard, the old man tells Tito that...

“‘That jacket we put you in, in New York, for the...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 71. HARD TO BE ONE [BEWARE!...

The old man [“as American as it got”] explains to Hollis that the United States “sent nearly twelve...

“‘What do you know about money laundering, Hollis?’ the old...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

EFF's Derek Slater sez, "House Speaker Nancy...

Vientamese Pho

ECHELON is a name used to describe a highly secretive...

Chapter 70. PHO

Surprised to see the turquoise shipping container from street level, Brown tells Milgrim that the...

“Brown took Milgrim to a dim, steamy Vietnamese restaurant,...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 69. MAGNETS

Garreth walks Tito through the plan for sealing the bullet holes he intends to create in the...

“Garreth took Tito to the far end of the second table, where...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Memetic Engineer's Pre-Publication...

Spook Country really does benefit from the use of world wide web search engines like Google and...

William S. Burroughs was an American novelist, essayist,...

Chapter 68. SNAP

The old man tells Hollis that she has arrived at “a most inopportune time” as they prepare to commit...

“Hollis thought that he looked a little like William...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless...

Chapter 67. WARDRIVING

After three, tedious hours wardriving the port city with unreal looking mountains, Milgrim sits on a...

“Milgrim sat beside Brown on one of the two benches in a very...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Seaplane, “built for work”

Chapter 66. PING

Unloading the Pelican Case onto an island off the coast, Tito, Garreth and the old man wait for a...

“Tito sat on a paint-spattered steel stool, looking up at a...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Clark and East Hastings, Vancouver, BC

Chapter 65. EAST VAN HALEN

Bigend calls Hollis to tell her that he believes Bobby is in Vancouver to “monitor the off-loading,...

“She opened her PowerBook on the counter of Bigend’s...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Only 10 more days (and 20 chapter...

Chapter 64. GLOCKING

With $300 in hand an instructions from Brown to lure “someone in the business” [of drugs] into a...

“‘Score some shit,’ said Brown, sounding like he’d rehearsed...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

“Gradually, in the crisis of self that your captivity...”
— The old man / William Gibson...

SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) is a U.S....

Chapter 63. SURVIVAL, EVASION,...

Waiting on the Pacific coast for the boat that would take them to Canada, the old man tells Tito and...

“Tito watched the old man fold the copy of the New York Times...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

… and Everything is Miscellaneous, the excellent new...

“Everything is hyperlinked now. Some of it you actually have...”
— William Gibson / complete...

Sarah Ferguson, Dutchess of York [but probably not Bobby...

“[Chombo] implements finite differential methods for the...”
— Sarah Ferguson / William...

Chapter 62. SISTER

Hollis and Odile meet Sarah Ferguson, Bobby “Chombo” Ferguson’s sister, look like Bobby “but it...

“‘This is Sarah,’ said Odile, when Hollis found her, on the...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Pelican case

Chapter 61. THE PELICAN CASE

Landing on a rural road in Montana, Garreth receives a heavy black Pelican case like the one...

“They took the black plastic Pelican case on in Montana.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

“Cities, in Milgrim’s experience, had a way of...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Burnaby, B.C.

Chapter 60. ROLLING THE CODES

Hollis wakes on the Aztec altar” and walks downstairs where Ollie is waiting with a phone scrambler...

“Hollis woke on Bigend’s mag-level bed, feeling as though it...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Black Zodiac

Chapter 59. BLACK ZODIAC

Milgrim notices that Brown, back in his nylon vest, is uncharacteristically chipper [whistling?] as...

“Brown rented a remarkably ugly and uncomfortable black boat...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 58. ALPHABET TALK

Somewhere over a Nebraska highway, Tito overhears the old man and Garreth discussing FastC2AP [a...

“The pilot followed the highways.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Chapter 57. POPCORN

Milgrim and Brown land in Vancouver and get into a parked car left for them. Milgrim wonders how...

“Commercial airlines were like buses, Milgrim decided,...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

I’ll be out of town for a few days so here are some early summaries for your locative...

Mobile phone jamming device

Chapter 56. HENRY AND RICHARD

After being greeting at the airport by Ollie Sleight [Blue Ant, Vancouver], Hollis receives a call...

“A pale boy with a very thin beard was holding a rectangle of...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Vancouver

Chapter 55. PHANTOM GUN SYNDROME

After receiving a new identity and boarding a private plane [sound familiar?] to Vancouver, Milgrim...

“‘Miller,’ said Brown, from his enormous white leather...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Business 2.0 looks at how some corporations are trying to...

Washington Post review of Spook Country

Chapter 54. ICE

Stopping to refuel, the old man asks Tito why he lifted the ICE [Immigrations and Customs...

“Tito woke as the Cessna’s wheels touched down.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Raw Story website for political news junkies

Chapter 53. TO GIVE THEM THE PLEASURE

Preparing for the trip to Vancouver with Odile, Hollis calls her mother vacationing in Puerto...

Chapter 52. SCHOOL CLOTHES

After getting a haircut from the housekeeper, Milgrim finishes packing his meager belongings when...

“Milgrim found the housekeeper in the kitchen, where Brown...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Havana [1959]

Chapter 51. CESSNA

While the old man and Garreth work with a laptop and map on the way to an undisclosed location, Tito...

“Tito discovered that he could sleep on an airplane.”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

SecondLife prepares for William Gibson’s visit

“In the ’80s and ’90s, as strange as it...

Chapter 50. WHISPERING GALLERY

Waking in what used to be a boy’s room in the Georgetown house, Milgrim overhears Brown expressing...

“Milgrim woke in a narrow bed, beneath a single flannel sheet...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

Geo-Hacking Bar Camp

Chapter 49. ROTCH

Odile tells Hollis that Bobby Chombo is actually a Canadian artist and geohacker named Bobby...

“Odile sat in the white armchair, with the white robot on its...”
— William Gibson [from Chapter...

New Yorker review of Spook Country

Interior, Cessna Golden Eagle

East Hampton Airport