#121 in Thriller
Pattern Recognition
- 368
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Pattern Recognition is a novel by the American-Canadian science fiction writer William Gibson published in 2003. Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols. The action takes place in London, Tokyo, and Moscow as Cayce judges the effectiveness of a proposed corporate symbol and is hired to find the creators of film clips anonymously posted to the internet.
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7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 441 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 74% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 61 | 14% |
| Google Books | 7.0 | 25 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 355 | 81% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Gibson's writing is amazing as always, although I prefer his futuristic work to this which is contemporary. Still a phenomenal action-packed and mysterious story.”
“Fantasic. Gibson just keeps getting better, though I just wish he'd write more. Complex, interesting characters in vividly described locations with plenty of tension and intrigue. The end suffers a little from being explanitory rather than climatic, but overall was a great read.”
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How long is Pattern Recognition?
It has 368 pages — shorter than 66% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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