Correcting myself, from a week ago: I said Chombo found an 11-minute segment of the order flow, but I was going from memory. I just reached that passage in the book tonight, and it was a 17-minute segment.

(Not that anyone cares, probably, but if the one Blue Ant fan in the world who’s more into it than I am stumbles upon this post, I don’t want to look stupid…)

#WilliamGibson #BlueAnt #Jackpot #ZeroHistory

('Zero History' and Jackpot trilogy spoilers)

Also, apropos of nothing: I have a pet theory that connects the Blue Ant and the Jackpot trilogies.

In 'Zero History,' Bobby Chombo acquires an 11-minute snippet of the entire order flow for global markets, in advance. I think Chombo DIDN'T produce it mathematically. Rather, Blue Ant takes place in a stub, and Chombo detected, contacted, and made a deal with the post-Jackpot agents to get the info.

#WilliamGibson #BlueAnt #Jackpot #ZeroHistory

(Mild 'Zero History' spoilers)

And, to be clear: I don't even think such a Bigend/Musk analogy would be wholly incorrect. Seeing 'Glass Onion' prompted this line of thought, but I'm also in the midst of 'Zero History,' the final Blue Ant book, and the story in which the mask drops (to use a phrase recently popular on Musk's social platform). 'Zero History' is where we see Bigend revealed—risk taker, BS artist, entitled wannabe oligarch.

#WilliamGibson #BlueAnt #GlassOnion #Bigend #ZeroHistory

Anyone seen the hardback version of #ZeroHistory by #WilliamGibson? For some reason online bookshops don't generally talk about the size of print. Having been given a kind present of #GeorgeSaunders' superb #ASwimInAPondInTheRain with unreadably tiny type and ended up buying the ebook version for myself, I'm cautious of giving a present with unknown #TypeSize

Oh, just saw that #7books is a thing at the moment too, so...

#AmericanGods - Neil Gaimen
#TheExpanse (entire series) - James S.A. Corey
#Longitude - Dava Sobel
#SmallGods - Terry Pratchett
#EngineersOfVictory - Paul Kennedy
#Excession - Iain M Banks
#ZeroHistory - William Gibson

#Books #Bookstodon