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NEW YORK TIMES bestseller • 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California.

The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich—or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. . . .

Praise for Virtual Light

"Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer."—People

"A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination."—Entertainment Weekly

"Convincing . . . frightening . . . Virtual Light is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores."—Chicago Tribune

"In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star."—The San Diego Union-Tribune
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    Rating: (4.1 out of 5 stars)
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    Product Name: Virtual Light
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    Manufacturer: Bantam Books
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    can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash...The New York Times bestselling "cyber-mystery thriller" by the visionary creator of Mona Lisa Overdrive. In 2005 in the states of Northern and Southern California, an ex-cop agrees to track down a young thief who has stolen a valuable technological prototype--for which a mysterious corporation will pay any price or break any law to get back.In 2005, in a California divided along seismic fault lines of power and wealth, ex-cop Berry Rydell is assigned to track down a young thief, who has stolen a valuable technological prototype, through a maze of virtual reality. Reprint.2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millenium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash... Author Bio William Gibson William Gibson grew up at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia, in a town he has described as the sort of place where, when the library burns down, no one rebuilds it. Reading science fiction as an escape, he quickly came to prefer the works of J. G. Ballard and Philip K. Dick to more conventional writers. At the age of 19, he dropped out of high school and went to Toronto, partly to avoid the draft. Drifting for several years, he hung around in the city's demimonde--among hippies, drug dealers, students, and the like. Eventually marrying a teacher, he began to attend college. When Gibson found himself unwilling to write a term paper for a science fiction class he had taken in the hope of an easy grade, his professor convinced him to write a story instead. After graduating with a B.A. in English literature, he became a house-husband, looking after the children while his wife worked. He began to write more frequently, finding a fan in Omni magazine's fiction editor. These early stories, which included "Johnny Mnemonic", "Fragments of a Hologram Rose", and the incendiary title story, were collected in the volume BURNING CHROME (1986), and attracted a wide following that eagerly anticipated his debut novel. When it appeared in 1984, NEUROMANCER exceeded all expectations, becoming the first book to win all of the "big three" sf awards: the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick. The novel anticipated the Internet, predicted virtual reality, coined the word "cyberspace," and quickly became one of the most, if not THE most, influential science fiction works of the latter part of the 20th century. With his next two novels, COUNT ZERO and MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, Gibson became the leading practitioner of a science fiction sub-genre known as cyberpunk, another word which has entered common usage, although not a coinage of Gibson's. After a brief stint in Hollywood, he began to feel limited by the label, and his next book, a collaboration with Bruce Sterling, was set in Victorian England. In VIRTUAL LIGHT and IDORU, Gibson continued to anticipate the near-future, predicting, among other things, the use of nanotechnology in surgery and "virtual" pop singers, a late-1990s trend in Japan. With his uncanny knack of being sometimes just days ahead of technology, Gibson remains a writer well worth watching.
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    DigMeTX
    09-08-2020 at 02:00 PM.
    09-08-2020 at 02:00 PM.
    Another great trilogy from one of my favorite authors.
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    Zizka
    09-09-2020 at 05:13 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 05:13 AM.
    I think Gibson (without googling) was the guy that came up with the cyber punk style aka awesome. Of course Philip K Dick is the grand master.
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    09-09-2020 at 06:04 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 06:04 AM.
    Quote from Zizka :
    I think Gibson (without googling) was the guy that came up with the cyber punk style aka awesome. Of course Philip K Dick is the grand master.

    This is what they print on the back of his books now.
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    jborage
    09-09-2020 at 06:20 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 06:20 AM.
    Thought it was ready player one at first
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    09-09-2020 at 06:34 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 06:34 AM.
    Pretty good book I'd say.
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    09-09-2020 at 07:07 AM.
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    One of my favorite Sci-Fi books. Excellent read, highly recommend.
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    09-09-2020 at 07:11 AM.
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    Reading the description, this reminds me first of the premise of "They Live"
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    tumadreconcaso
    09-09-2020 at 07:19 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 07:19 AM.
    Quote from jborage :
    Thought it was ready player one at first
    The cover to this book and the cover for RP1 look the same at first glance.
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    09-09-2020 at 07:34 AM.
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    Pretty cool bbc/arena documentary about PKD: https://youtu.be/jJehaCfnXHE
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    myskim
    09-09-2020 at 08:32 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 08:32 AM.
    Does anyone know how this reads compared to Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash? I feel like Snowcrash had a lot of dry humor. Does this read/feel similar?
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    jyms
    09-09-2020 at 08:56 AM.
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    Quote from myskim :
    Does anyone know how this reads compared to Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash? I feel like Snowcrash had a lot of dry humor. Does this read/feel similar?
    IIRC there's veiled references that are great on re-reads, and pockets of absurdist humor - one of my favorite characters hails from a background that looks for divinity in old tv shows and movies, and worships by streaming as much content as they can every day.

    VL is a great read, and a part of my favorite series from this author - second only to the amazing Sprawl trilogy
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    DigMeTX
    09-09-2020 at 09:45 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 09:45 AM.
    Quote from myskim :
    Does anyone know how this reads compared to Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash? I feel like Snowcrash had a lot of dry humor. Does this read/feel similar?
    As with most comparisons of Stephenson books to Gibson books I'd say Gibson writes a much tighter story and is overall a better author and comparing these two is no exception. I am a fan of both and have read both of their entire catalogs. Both feature a strong and savvy female lead with Stephenson's book being more I guess you could say classically and purposefully "futuristic." Stephenson definitely uses humor more than Gibson in all books. I favor Gibson over Stephenson overall though like I said I am a fan of both and I do appreciate Stephenson's humor a lot. I just read D.O.D.O not that long ago and laughed out loud a lot.
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    09-09-2020 at 10:42 AM.
    09-09-2020 at 10:42 AM.
    Quote from myskim :
    Does anyone know how this reads compared to Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash? I feel like Snowcrash had a lot of dry humor. Does this read/feel similar?
    Gibson and Stephenson are my 2 favorite authors. The are very similar although Gibson still writes 300 page books and NS seems to need 800 pages to accomplish the same goal. You may find a little less of that dry humor in Gibson, but if you like NS you will like WG.
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