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Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson

Description: ISBN 0006480446 / Author: William Gibson / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Newest Review: ... strands than his previous works, to show new areas of this possible future. Low-life Mona is taken off the street as part of ... more

... some unknown conspiracy. Kumiko, daughter of a Yakuza leader, visits London and its criminal underworld. Slick Henry, suffering the effects of personality adjustment as a punishment for theft, lives on the wreckage of the US rustbelt. Angela Mitchell, world-famous stim star, finds that forces are conspiring against her. Familiar characters from Neuromancer return to conclude what started there. The future presented is dark, gritty and unpredictable. Technology, already advanced, is moving fast. Yet at the same time t...more

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Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson: Overdrive over too soon (194 words)
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Concluding William Gibson's Sprawl series, this follows the cyberpunk novels Neuromancer and Count Zero. Their events, as hackers and criminals meddle in the Matrix of cyberspace, reach fruition. Gibson brings together a still more disparate group of characters, more separate strands than his previous works, to show new areas of this possible future. Low-life Mona is taken off the street as part of some unknown conspiracy. Kumiko, daughter of a Yakuza leader, visits London and its criminal underworld. Slick Henry, suffering the effects of personality adjustment as a punishment for theft, lives on the wreckage of the US rustbelt. Angela Mitchell, world-famous ... Read the complete review