SOURCE: Bryant, Edward. Review of All Tomorrow's Parties, by William Gibson. LOCUS 43, no. 6 (December 1999): 23-5.

In the following excerpt, Bryant applauds the many interesting characters in All Tomorrow's Parties and contends that the novel is accessible to a mainstream audience.

Last month two of my Locus colleagues offered their evaluations of William Gibson's new novel; one seemed more enthusiastic than the other; both had valuable things to say about All Tomorrow's Parties. I've got my own take.

It's hard to think that a sizable chunk of science fiction writing and reading was suddenly hyper-energized by Neuromancer a mere fifteen years ago. Time compression took on new meaning for me in 1994 when Ace published a hardback ten-year commemorative edition. A mere decade, for crying out loud. To Kill a Mockingbird got its commemorative edition 35 years after first publication! Not that Neuromancer didn't deserve hardback permanence in the US. But...