Virtual Light

#1 Bridge

William Gibson

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Penguin
07 September 2011

Science fiction; Future Society; Science Fiction

Series: Bridge

'Cyberpunk doesn't come any more stylish than this' Sunday Telegraph

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.

Rydell is working for Mr Warbaby, who has been hired to recover the glasses. But Rydell is none too sure that he likes his new employment opportunity; with SFPD Homicide involved, an abandoned bridge populated by freaks and misfits, and some weirdness involving the Republic of Desire and a 'Death Star', it's turning out to be a very strange and dangerous scene indeed ...

William Gibson, author of the classic Neuromancer and creator of cyberpunk, here turns his hyper-acute imagination on the near future - to supercharged, nerve-shredding effect.

By: William Gibson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9780241953501
ISBN 10: 0241953502
Series: Bridge
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 September 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Gibson is the award-winning author of Pattern Recognition, Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, The Difference Engine, Virtual Light, Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Reviews for Virtual Light (#1 Bridge)

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 *