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The Peripheral

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The Peripheral

By: William Gibson
Narrated by: Katie Leung
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The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling audiobook about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer

In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game after all - the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead. The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures - pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London - to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now.
“Wild, richly satisfying . . . big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride” - Guardian©2014 William Gibson (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Cyberpunk Fiction Hard Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Technology Thriller Exciting England Game
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A fantastic story that the TV series very loosely follows. Great voice actor to boot who helped to bring the audible narration to life.

Enjoyable, informative and entertaining.

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Mind blowing from start to end. Doesn't hold your hand, so persevere through the first hour or so, when you wrap your head around the world, it's like seeing the future.

Incredible vision, execution and a performance to match

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I tried to persevere but I just couldn't follow; I kept going back to listen again but I had difficulties following and understanding what was happening.

I had difficulties and gave up at chapter 13

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As prescient as Neuromancer was in the 80s - love the Amazon series - a crime it was cancelled. Gibsons prose is poetry

Brilliant narration - incredible accents bravo

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This is Gibson’t best post sprawl novel in my view. The time travel without it being time travel is a cool concept.

Narration is good, but narrator does a better job with other characters than the main one and Flynn comes over flat and emotionless at times.

TV series based on this novel is well worth checking out.

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