Category Archives: Japan

PATTERN RECOGNITION by William Gibson

Posted on 8 May 2015 by

This tale of industrial espionage, set shortly after the World Trade Center attack, features a heroine with a most bespoke fashion sense and the search for a movie – one that may be a work of genius but which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday's Forgotten Book, Japan, London, Moscow | Tagged | 28 Comments

I Spy (1965-68)

Posted on 14 August 2012 by

In 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson bravely intoned, “We shall overcome” and enacted legislation finally enfranchising black American voters, knowing full-well that he was handing the South to the Republicans for decades to come. Within a month the Watts riots … Continue reading →

Posted in Espionage, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Los Angeles, Mexico, Robert Culp, Rome, Scene of the crime | 38 Comments