The Peripheral
Notes on The Peripheral (2014), a novel by William Gibson.
Quotes
Peripherals
Chapter 30 (Hermès):
Netherton extended his hand. The peripheral took it. Its hand was warm, entirely handlike.
Chapter 42 (Body Language):
Ash, earlier, had explained that peripherals, when under AI control, looked human because their faces, programmed to constantly register changing micro-expressions, were never truly still. In the absence of that, she’d said, they became uniquely disturbing objects. Flynne was now providing the peripheral with her own micro-expressions, a very different effect.
Teeth
Chapter 4 (Something So Deeply Earned):
She smiled, displaying teeth whose form and placement might well have been decided by committee.
Chapter 26 (Very Senior):
She smiled, revealing expensively imperfect teeth.