All Tomorrow's Parties 📖

All Tomorrow's Parties

Gibson, William
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science fiction cyberpunk noir past tense third limited POV ~343 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

noir apocalyptic weird

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 20%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count85,835
Page count~343 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited