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Virtual Light (Bridge Trilogy #1)
Virtual Light (Bridge Trilogy #1)
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NEW YORK TIMESbestseller •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, BerryRydell is a former armed-response rentacop now workingfor a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is abicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsivelysnatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. Butthese are no ordinary shades. What you can seethrough these high-tech specs can make you rich-orget you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on therun, zeroing in on the digitalized heart ofDatAmerica, 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 Lightis 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
The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, BerryRydell is a former armed-response rentacop now workingfor a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is abicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsivelysnatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. Butthese are no ordinary shades. What you can seethrough these high-tech specs can make you rich-orget you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on therun, zeroing in on the digitalized heart ofDatAmerica, 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 Lightis 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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