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Virtual Light
William Gibson
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Description for Virtual Light
Paperback. Chevette rides as a courier, banging her paper laminate-framed bike through the streets of a future Frisco - she lives for it. On an impulse, she's risked everything; stolen a pair of sunglasses from some jerk. No ordinary shades, either: loaded with super-sensitive data, they could decide the destiny of the entire city. Series: Bridge. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
'Doesn't come any more stylish than this' Sunday Telegraph
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THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BRIDGE SERIES - READ IDORU AND ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES FOR MORE
San Francisco in the nearish future.
Ex-cop Berry Rydell's lost one job he didn't much like and landed another he likes even less. Some sunglasses - actually high-end kit infused with super-sensitive data - were stolen from a courier, and a man named Warbaby's been charged with retrieving them. And Warnaby needs Rydell's help.
But, with SFPD Homicide involved, an abandoned bridge populated by freaks and misfits, and some ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Series
Bridge
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241953501
SKU
9780241953501
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99-1
About William Gibson
William Gibson is credited with having coined the term "cyberspace" and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. His first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide, and Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed the trilogy. He has written six further novels about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels ... Read more
Reviews for Virtual Light
An American Ballard, using the tropes of science fiction to satirical and productively alienating effect
Guardian
One of the first authentic and vital novels of the 21st century
Washington Post on Pattern Recognition
A major novelist who seems to be hitting his peak
Chicago Tribune
Guardian
One of the first authentic and vital novels of the 21st century
Washington Post on Pattern Recognition
A major novelist who seems to be hitting his peak
Chicago Tribune