«A sensual, remarkably visual ride, vigorous with displays of conceptual imagination and humour»

The Guardian

«One of the most influential writers around . . . with Gibson's trademark panache, the story rattles along with great pace and suspense»

Sunday Times

«One of our greatest science-fiction writers»

New York Times

«Among our most fascinating novelists»

Daily Telegraph

«His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen»

New Yorker

«One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working»

Boston Globe

«Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool»

Spectator

«Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his wild yet disciplined imagination»

The Washington Post

«Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well worth the wait»

Booklist

«Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too»

I Paper

«If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for comfort reading»

SFX magazine