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In the appropriately Orwellian year of 1984, William Gibson's novel, _Neuromancer_, burst upon the science fiction field and became the first novel to win science fiction's triple crown: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Philip K. Dick awards. _Neuromancer_'s stunning success also bestowed upon Gibson the title "Godfather of Cyberpunk," an artistic revolution against the lifeless neorealism and predictable science fiction of the late 1970's and early 1980's.

In the _Starmont Reader's Guide to William Gibson_, Lance Olsen examines Gibson's life, attitudes, and novels: _Burning Chrome_, _Neuromancer_, _Count Zero_, and _Mona Lisa Overdrive_, giving us revealing insights into these intriguing works and the man who wrote them. ... Read more

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The best introduction to Gibson you could ask for
An incredibly engaging and delightful introduction to Gibson's early work, with broad literary and philosophical context. I love this book. ... Read more

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Written by the founders of the Institute of Validation, this practical introduction to validation cuts through all the jargon and focuses on the essentials. Whether you are a novice or an experienced validator, this book will help you understand validation fundamentals and ways in which these principles can be bonded with quality assurance, enabling you to build the highest quality into your products. Beginning with definitions of validation, the authors guide you through all the basics, associated costs, responsibilities, policies, strategies, support activities, SOPs, Master Plans, and other related subjects.Packed with tools to help you follow the logic of the validation process, the book covers testing, certification, protocols, final reports, sign-offs, ways to create seamless audit trails, and other topics impacting the qualification of a system, equipment, and/or process. ... Read more

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Just misses the MARK
This book was really great at leading you to certain aspects of Validation and some of the basis.However, like allother books on this subject matter, it is still lacking in the real 'MEAT' of this process and what FDA auditors and others may be looking for in your processes.

I found this book to be a great initial guide, but wish it had some more to it... about what the title refers to. ... Read more

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Unreadable
This was a book recommended to me by Amazon; I purchase a few books a month on the site. Usually (75% of the time or better) "they" get it right and I am happy to discover an author I had not been aware of previously. Sometimes they get it wrong, but NEVER have they gotten it this wrong. From the first page, I was already lost. Odd character names, weird descriptions of places, and a flow a movement that could not be followed. I kept at it; maybe a few chapters would clarify it, but found myself nearly as lost. If not for the flap I would literally have had "Zero" idea what was going on at all. I then gave it to a bibliophile friend of mine, who put it down after one page. The arrogance of writers like this, riding on their previous successes, should never be tolerated.

Pattern Recognition trilogy finale
If you enjoyed William Gibson's previous two works Pattern Recognition and Spook Country then you'll like Zero History. Like the previous two books it dwells in the now, which is appropriate given Gibson's oft quoted koan 'The future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed'. I have written the review in terms of general themes so that I don't put in any plot spoilers.

It brings many of the major protagonists from the previous books in the Pattern Recognition series back and ties the plot together quite neatly. There are two ways to look at Zero History, in terms of chronology it arrives at the end of a logical order of Pattern Recognition and Spook Country; but in terms of its themes Zero History sits between Pattern Recognition and Spook Country. Like Pattern Recognition it questions the nature of brands, design and art. It borrows elements of locative art from Spook Country and throws private military companies and the military industrial complex into the mix.

Marketing is portrayed as amoral, understanding the price of everything, yet having the value of nothing outside its grasp. The discussion of brands in Zero History is less about a well-designed logo and more about the brand authenticity - the way it matches the product - how much truth from it is designed into the product.

There is also a sense that the quality of manufactured goods is in decline and creatives are trying to recapture this quality by going vintage and re-manufacturing old products. This creative effort is then concealed from marketers who would despoil it. Gibson forces the reader to think about how they relate to the brands they like and the marketing that they see around them, he also uses the story to address the rise of the corporation as a military entity a la AEGIS, Xe or Halliburton.
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A HALF_RESOLUTION OF MOLLY'S FATE
BY the time I read this one I had read Neuromancer.By now I was used to the jargon-ridden, erotic, chic and mysterious narrative.The Neuromancer finale had left me asking for more as far as the character of Molly and herrelationship with Case were concerned.Molly, being the futuristic, sexy,bionically enhanced, "razor-girl" assassin who was also referredto as a "street samurai".Although there was a resolution to anextent, I was left deeply unsatisfied because she the most fascinatingcharacter in the Sprawl series.I was deeply affected by the very lastsentence of Neuromancer and this is what made me read Mona Lisa.Excellentcberpunk, very Bladerunner.I could also argue that Molly is theinspiration of many superheroines today.Superheroines of the type Trinity(the Matrix), Nikita (La Femme Nikita) andprobably many others.Superbeffort...I can only hope for another which follows Molly's charcterdevelopment even further.Her reappearance in Mona Lisa was quite asurprise too. ... Read more

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Relive the thrill of true revival as you step back intime to the 1859 Ulster revival and the convicting power of the HolySpirit. ... Read more

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The Year of Grace by William Gibson
Stirs the heart.A great book.

This is NOT the sci-fi William Gibson.
I didn't actually read this book. I checked it out, though, and apparently it's about some coastal town in the 1830's, it has nothing to do with sci-fi and it's written by a _late_ professor William Gibson, so if you'relooking for a sci-fi novel by the author of Neuromancer, this is definitelynot it. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1880. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This drama for 15 men, 3 women, and 1 girl, set in England during the 1580, tells the story of a young laborer named Will who becomes enchanted with the stage after seeing the performance of a troupe of traveling actors. ... Read more

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A new look at Shakespeare's play in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the National Curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable development of English and Drama throughout the 1990s. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers the play as theatre and the text as script, enabling pupils to inhabit the imaginative world of the play in an accessible, meaningful and creative way. Cambridge School Shakespeare approaches the plays in a new way, encouraging students to participate actively in examining them, to work in groups as well as individually, to treat each play as a script to be re-created, and to explore the theatrical/dramatic qualities of the text. The editorial comments cater for pupils of all ages and abilities, providing clear, helpful guidelines for school study. The format of the plays is also designed to help all teachers, whether experienced or inexperienced.NB This replaces the information previously issued. ... Read more

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Murderous Macbeth
Main Characters:
* Macbeth--Considered to be Scotland's greatest warrior, leader and hero, Macbeth is a strong man with bold features. He is aware of his success and it blinds his thinking, allowing jealousy to take over in situations.
* Lady Macbeth--Loyal to her husband, Lady Macbeth sees great potential in his success. She is a sly, ruthless, with a strong hatred for weakness or failure in Macbeth. These characteristics conceal any of her potential beauty behind this ugliness.
* The Three Witches--These immortal servants of "the goddess of witchcraft", prophesy of Macbeth's promising future, leading him into destruction. Throughout the playwright, their true identity remains unknown, but we can see their influence portrayed.

Summary:
Macbeth; a Scottish hero unlike any other. With the defeat of the invading armies, General Macbeth is praised for his success. Upon meeting with three witches, he is told continuing triumphs, leading to Thane of Cawdor and ultimately King.For his counterpart, Banquo, they proclaim his descendents as great Kings of Scotland. Bewildered, Banquo and Macbeth do not believe these prophecies but to their dismay, they begin to become true, arising their hopes.
After Lady Macbeth is informed, they foil a plan and murder the King that night, quickly crowning Macbeth King. Afraid of overthrow by Banquo and his son's promising futures, he has Banquo killed, but his son escapes, allowing the prophecy to live on. The three witches then tell Macbeth to be aware of Macduff, and in return, Macbeth murders his family. In the end, the witches prophecies come true and Macbeth is murdered by Macduff when the English help invade the castle and overthrow the tyrant.

Connection:
When we take matters into our own hands, it never seems to work out in the end. I need God to lead the way.

Let not light see my black and deep desires
In the theater, people apparently don't call Shakespeare's "Macbeth" by its actual name -- it's usually called "MacB" or "The Scottish Play." The dark superstitions that hover around this play really show its power: it's a harrowing portrait of a weak man who spirals into a personal hell of ambition, murder and madness.

Shortly after a victory in battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo are traveling home across a heath when they encounter three witches -- who greet him with "All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!"

When MacBeth is made Thane of Cawdor, he naturally begins to think that being king might be next in line. And when King Duncan visits his castle, Lady MacBeth goads her husband into murdering the king and framing a couple of innocent servants for the deed. As the witches predicted, MacBeth becomes king of Scotland.

But the witches also prophesied that Banquo would be the father of kings, so MacBeth starts tying off loose ends by hiring assassins to kill Banquo and his young son, as well as a wily thane named MacDuff and all of his family. But though MacBeth believes himself to be safe from everyone, his fear begins to grow as madness and guilt torment him and his wife...

One of the most fascinating things about "Macbeth" is how evil it is -- mass murder, insanity, bloody ghosts, a trio of manipulative witches pulling MacBeth's strings, and a nice if weak man who becomes a raving murderous paranoiac. Shakespeare starts the story on a dark note, and it gets darker and bloodier as the story winds on to its bleak climax.

In fact, the entire story is a two-part spiral -- things get tighter and more intense, even as MacBeth and Lady M. get crazier and more violent. Shakespeare litters the story with brutally intense scenes (Banquo's ghost crashing the dinner, Lady M. trying to scrub her hands clean) and powerful dialogue ("Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,/And look on death itself! up, up, and see/The great doom's image!").

The one flaw: Shakespeare's handling of the "no man born of woman" prediction is a bit lame. I mean, didn't that count as "born" back in Elizabethan times too?

Honestly, MacBeth is both a fascinating and repulsive character. He starts off as a nice ordinary thane with no particular ambition, but his weakness and his wife drive him to some pretty horrible acts. Before long, he's become somebody you desperately want to see diced into little pieces. And Lady Macbeth is little better, although there's a slight disparity between her ruthless ambition and her later insanity.

"MacBeth" is a story filled with stormy darkness and all-consuming fire -- a powerful depiction of evil and how easily we can be seduced. Just don't say its name in the theater.

Hey Yale -- change the cover
The only thing I have against the Yale edition is the disgusting cover image.I didn't notice it clearly from the small image on Amazon.com before I bought the book.It's a bloody latex glove in a zip-lock bag.It's really revolting.No one in my house could stomach it.I had to make a faux cover for it.

High school English teacher review
I teach 11th and twelfth grade English, and Shakespeare is, of course, part of the literary canon. Many of my students, however, are somewhat allergic to Shakespeare, and I have found this book to be an enormous help in helping them get over their reluctance to at least put in some effort. Kudos to the genius who first came up with this idea. The pages are even set up so that the original text and the modern translation are on opposite pages, and if one is longer than the other, the shorter page ends a little shorter than the other, so the student does not have to constantly flip pages back and forth.

The translations are concise, yet pretty accurate, and the modern vocabulary still manages to challenge the students' verbal awareness.

Do not make the mistake, however, of thinking that this wonderful book is only for students -- if you have ever wondered just what in the world Shakespeare is saying, this book is enormously helpful. And once you get the hang of it, his other plays (and sonnets) become that much clearer. But even if translating Shakespeare on your own is still too difficult for you after having read this version of Macbeth, the same publisher has also printed other plays of Shakespeare with the same clarifying results.

I recommend this highly for both students and the curious. Your literary world will never be the same.

Let not light see my black and deep desires
In the theater, people apparently don't call Shakespeare's "Macbeth" by its actual name -- it's usually called "MacB" or "The Scottish Play." The dark superstitions that hover around this play really show its power: it's a harrowing portrait of a weak man who spirals into a personal hell of ambition, murder and madness.

Shortly after a victory in battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo are traveling home across a heath when they encounter three witches -- who greet him with "All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!"

When MacBeth is made Thane of Cawdor, he naturally begins to think that being king might be next in line. And when King Duncan visits his castle, Lady MacBeth goads her husband into murdering the king and framing a couple of innocent servants for the deed. As the witches predicted, MacBeth becomes king of Scotland.

But the witches also prophesied that Banquo would be the father of kings, so MacBeth starts tying off loose ends by hiring assassins to kill Banquo and his young son, as well as a wily thane named MacDuff and all of his family. But though MacBeth believes himself to be safe from everyone, his fear begins to grow as madness and guilt torment him and his wife...

One of the most fascinating things about "Macbeth" is how evil it is -- mass murder, insanity, bloody ghosts, a trio of manipulative witches pulling MacBeth's strings, and a nice if weak man who becomes a raving murderous paranoiac. Shakespeare starts the story on a dark note, and it gets darker and bloodier as the story winds on to its bleak climax.

In fact, the entire story is a two-part spiral -- things get tighter and more intense, even as MacBeth and Lady M. get crazier and more violent. Shakespeare litters the story with brutally intense scenes (Banquo's ghost crashing the dinner, Lady M. trying to scrub her hands clean) and powerful dialogue ("Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,/And look on death itself! up, up, and see/The great doom's image!").

The one flaw: Shakespeare's handling of the "no man born of woman" prediction is a bit lame. I mean, didn't that count as "born" back in Elizabethan times too?

Honestly, MacBeth is both a fascinating and repulsive character. He starts off as a nice ordinary thane with no particular ambition, but his weakness and his wife drive him to some pretty horrible acts. Before long, he's become somebody you desperately want to see diced into little pieces. And Lady Macbeth is little better, although there's a slight disparity between her ruthless ambition and her later insanity.

"MacBeth" is a story filled with stormy darkness and all-consuming fire -- a powerful depiction of evil and how easily we can be seduced. Just don't say its name in the theater. ... Read more

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