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Pattern Recognition

William Gibson
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literary fiction speculative thriller past tense third limited POV ~398 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

surreal oppressive paranoid

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count99,553
Page count~398 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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