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Title: Virtual Light by William Gibson ISBN: 0-553-56606-7 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (57 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Less tech, more life
Comment: This book has a little less tech than I expected from Gibson. Indeed, the virtual light glasses, although a driving part of the story line, played a very small role in the story as far as actually being used for anything. Far more interesting to me is Gibson's portrayal of the social structure built on the remains of the Bay Bridge, how bits of junk and scraps of lives formed a microcosm of the larger NoCal/SoCal world but with its own rules and mores or lack thereof. I found the characters well fleshed out and sympathetic. The book moved a a good pace with several interesting storylines. The depiction of SF bike couriers was cool too. A solid start to this trilogy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Second only to Neuromancer
Comment: This is the first book in the trilogy (Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrows parties), and a good place to start if you are new to Gibson.
In my and most peoples opinion, it is only second to Neuromancer, not because of style or content, but because it's not as revolutionary and original.
William Gibson is excellent in describing characters, technology and environment. This book represents a 'new' style for him (as opposed to Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive). He focuses more on the characters and their travel to the new semi-dystopian world of technology.
At the end you'll want to get your hands on a copy of the sequels (Idoru, All Tomorrows Parties). What the heck! Just buy them too right now!
Rating: 1
Summary: I read this once before, and it was called Snow Crash
Comment: While reading this book, I got the distince impression that Gibson got the inspiration for this novel right after he finished reading Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash".
They both have a bad-ass protagonist who is down on his luck (this one is a former cop working a crappy security guard job, Snow Crash has a sword figher/hacker working as a pizza driver). They both have a young female main character (this one has some punk kid, Snow Crash has a courier skater chick). They both have some rich guy trying to take over the world, and only underworld types to stop them (this one has the 'villiage people' from the bay bridge and some mysterios hacker group, Snow Crash has the protagonist's hacker buddies and the mafia).
The plot and characters are basically borrowed from Snow Crash. This book as a *few* memorable parts, but is pretty boring. Snow Crash, however, is an interesting, exciting rollercoaster ride of a book.
Skip this, and go read Snow Crash. If you are jones'in for some Gibson, go read (or reread) the Neuromancer series; it seems that Bill blew his creative load on those ones, because everything he wrote since Mona Lisa Overdrive is garbage.
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Title: Idoru by William Gibson ISBN: 0425158640 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson ISBN: 0553281747 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson ISBN: 0441007554 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Count Zero by William Gibson ISBN: 0441117732 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: April, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Burning Chrome by William Gibson ISBN: 0441089348 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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