“Japan is the global imagination’s
default setting for the future. ” Modern boys and mobile girls: William Gibson explains his fascination with all things Japanese, which is evident when you read any of his writing. And he flatters the British for their unique vantage point on the East. The Observer The little blurb about the author at the bottom, by the way, mentions that the title of his forthcoming book is Pattern Recognition. That‘s been another central concept in all his novels, hasn’t it?