A review by bbrassfield
The Peripheral by William Gibson

5.0

William Gibson spins a super interesting yarn that takes place not only in two different time periods but also different continuums with consequences and reverberations in each. The fact that the writer pulls off the complex plotting with kick ass aplomb is like fuck me! amazing! I came to the Gibson novel after watching the Amazon production of the Peripheral, which I also loved. There enough key differences to keep both book and tv fans interested but the core story is the same, only how the conclusion is reached differes a bit in the book. Of course with season two of the show being cancelled due to the ongoing strikes, we probably will never know how these stories might have linked up. For me, I'll read the next book and use my imagination and hope maybe a season two will somehow be resurrected once the writers strike is resolved. I won't go into all of the plot details despite Goodreads being my lagging memory repository but I will say this time travel story is uniquely brilliant.