The Peripheral
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Narrated by:
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Katie Leung
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By:
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William Gibson
About this listen
The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling audiobook about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer
In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game after all—the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead. The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures—pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London—to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now.
“Wild, richly satisfying . . . big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride” - Guardian
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- Anonymous User
- 25-11-24
what did I just read?
the concept of the story is brilliant and even though the narration and character accents were masterfully executed, something was off with the pace or flow, which couldn't get me immersed in the story somehow. I could understand what the story was about in a broad sense, but it felt like I lost connection with the characters and zoned out of the story on multiple occasions (the stuff I'm doing while listening, like driving my car or even my own thoughts overruling the narrator)
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- mr g.
- 09-06-24
the story is good... narrator not so much
something about the voice doesn't work..
i persevered for 12 chapters but found i had to re-listen.. but couldn't get it. couldn't take it in.
not sure if it's a pitch/ tone thing..
but it sure didn't work for me.
audio book dnf.. I'll go old school and read this one.
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- an italian in london
- 13-07-24
I really enjoyed the Scottish accent
this version compared to the previous adds some depth to the characters thanks to the use of accents.
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- Devourer of worlds
- 23-10-24
Great book let down my flat narration
The character voices are fine, but there's just no life and odd, stilted pauses that really ruin the flow for me
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- Stuart Piper
- 23-01-24
Brilliant narration - incredible accents bravo
As prescient as Neuromancer was in the 80s - love the Amazon series - a crime it was cancelled. Gibsons prose is poetry
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- Danielle Scott
- 27-11-24
Struggled in parts but a good story.
Got the book after watching the show as season 2 was cancelled and left me wanting to find out what happened. The book didn't help with this, they are two different stories with some similarities. I struggled with following the story in parts and had to re-listen to some sections to figure out what was happening. I thought the narration was a bit slow with some long pauses during conversations so I sped up the playback but accents were good. Still hoping a season 2 will happen!
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- R. Maines
- 28-12-24
Great!
This is Gibson’t best post sprawl novel in my view. The time travel without it being time travel is a cool concept.
Narration is good, but narrator does a better job with other characters than the main one and Flynn comes over flat and emotionless at times.
TV series based on this novel is well worth checking out.
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- Mark Calvert
- 23-05-23
Enjoyable, informative and entertaining.
A fantastic story that the TV series very loosely follows. Great voice actor to boot who helped to bring the audible narration to life.
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- Joanna Howard
- 20-08-24
This was hard work
Made me realise just how much skill goes into making narration look effortless. The story was engaging, if lacking in character development. But so very hard to focus on through the obtrusively effortful accents and voices. Far too many sentences read with incorrect emphasis, making me listen to them over again to understand what the author actually meant. I'm not sure Gibson's dialogue is really as pedestrian as this made it seem, but I won't be rushing for print versions of other works, to check.
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- John
- 24-07-24
Great concept but weak plot.
A lot more good be done with the concept. The future characters lacked depth and number. Seemed like it was morphing into a solid whodunnit but the reveal was shallow and disappointing.
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