Talk:Wk.5 WIKI DISCUSS Style of Writing/@comment-44826798-20200206042620

All of Gibson's stories can be boiled down to: The plot revolves around some wonderful high-tech device or important information (what AlfredHitchcock calls a McGuffin). The main protagonists of the book want to get hold of the McGuffin, except for one, who is naive or stupid yet sympathetic. The McGuffin falls into the hands of a naive but sympathetic character, who doesn't understand its importance. The other characters try to get the McGuffin. The baddies try to kill the naive character, while the goodies help the naive character. All the characters independently converge on some location. There is a fight, the goodies kill the baddies, get the McGuffin, and the naive character is not harmed.

Reference:https://wiki.c2.com/?WilliamGibson

John