Have you ever had a book you were reading and an album sync up? Kind of like a movie soundtrack, but intensely personal? I read a lot, and it's less common that you might think; I remember reading Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama during the run-up to New Year's Eve 1999-2000 and caning Leftfield's Rhythm and Stealth in a xanax haze (I was also 'living' the life of the main character, hence the pills). The propulsive beats, clean edges and otherworldly production echoed the tension and paranoia of the literary experience in an unforgettable way. Or maybe I was just suffering from pre-millenium tension.

I hadn't really had a significant synced-up lit-music experience since Glamorama until I started reading William Gibson's Spook Country while listening to Burial's Untrue.

Gibson is credited with coining the term 'cyperspace', and with his novel Neuromancer (1984), more or less created the template for sci-fi for the next 20 years. With 2003's Pattern Recognition and 2007's Spook Country, the noted futurist shifted his focus to the contemporary world, exploring the paranoid, claustrophobic aftermath of 9/11 and the Bush years.

Peopled by ex-CIA operatives working in the private sector, an eccentric marketing billionaire obsessed with maintaining his preternatural - and highly profitable - sense of cool, faded pop stars, and a host of 'good-guy' characters struggling against the worst outrages of late-stage capitalism, this series deals with internet memes, brand allergies, and grand practical jokes.

Untrue was a natural accompaniment to my reading of Spook Country. It evoked a dark, twitchy longing that was echoed in the book. Burial's trademark asexual ghost-voices and shuffling beats perfectly matched Gibson's interest in dead technology and shadow conspiracies.

Why am I telling you this? The release date of the third installment of the Pattern Recognition/Spook Country series (he's well known for writing in 3's) has been announced: Zero History hits shelves on September 7, 2010. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping Burial - or someone we've never heard of - drops a new LP to accompany my read.

Can you tell I'm excited?