# "Pattern Recognition" by Gibson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-recognition-by-gibson/160983 "2003-03-13T00:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-recognition-by-gibson/160983/1 "2003-03-13T00:52:39Z")
So, I’m nearly done reading it (no spoilers, please), and really, really like it. But, is it sci-fi? ---
**Author:** ![Melon\_Farmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Melon\_Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melon_Farmer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-recognition-by-gibson/160983/2 "2003-03-13T04:30:13Z")
I’m about halfway through it myself, and I’d have to vote no. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Anyanka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@Anyanka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anyanka)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-recognition-by-gibson/160983/3 "2003-03-14T20:47:37Z")
I have just started it. The tone seems a little different. I miss Rydel though. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-recognition-by-gibson/160983/4 "2003-03-14T21:51:04Z")
I read it about three months ago, when I got an advance galley to review for a magazine. No, I wouldn’t call it SF. Everything in it is very much of today. Nothing happens in it that couldn’t conceivably happen right now. Sure, it’s a little weird, but a lot of people have weirder realities than that. In New York, anyway.