Book Review: Pattern Recognition
Book Review: Pattern Recognition Author: William Gibson Book Statement The novel, Pattern Recognition , was written by William Gibson and published in 2003 by Berkeley Books, a division of the Penguin Group in New York, New York. The novel’s ISBN is 978-0-425-19868-1. Purpose and Intended Audience In Pattern Recognition, William Gibson takes the reader through a thrilling journey of human’s tendency to search for meaning th r ough patterns, with the constant risk of apophenia. Apophenia is the proclivity to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated phenomena. The intended audience of this techno- thriller is the general public. William Gibson, through many of his novels, has been able to predict certain trends about humans' relationship with technology . He predicted the popularity of reality tv, viral videos and the minima...