..I've read several times throughout the years that Gibson did not have net access until fairly recently. He did have access while writing this book however, and it shows. ..After my first read, I'm startlingly disapointed. Where Gibson broke new ground in the past, here he flounders; it almost seems he is pandering to current trends rather than scetching new ones. ex: Suddenly The Walled City, formerly a mud, is described as a Web Site. Characters in this book seem to be a re-hash of older models - Gibsons characters have always followed a formula, but in ATP they seem to fail to even expand beyond pat. There's no future in this book. It's story turns out to be a thin grey cloth draped over the worlds built in Idoru and Virtual Light. This work is a far cry from the staic poetry that was Neuromancer and the dark/light contrast of Virtual Light.
