  PATTERN RECOGNITION AND THE CRYING OF LOT 49 I recently saw the urlLink New York Times urlLink review of urlLink William Gibson 's new book, urlLink Pattern Recognition . Reviewer Lisa Zeidner compared it to urlLink Thomas Pynchon 's urlLink The Crying of Lot 49 , which I read in December.
It seemed odd that this review would refer to the latest book I had read, and more than a little disconcerting - The Crying of Lot 49 concerned in part a vast global conspiracy. Aside from that, the review was good and it interested me in the book. I liked the Gibson books I've read, though that was a while ago, and this book sounds a bit like the urlLink Bruce Sterling near-future political science fiction I like. I'll probably get the book soon. Check that, the book is $26.00 without tax. Maybe I'll just wait for paperback. 
