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| Title | : | Virtual Light (Bridge #1) |
| Author | : | William Gibson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | October 26th 1996 by Penguin Books Ltd (first published September 1993) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Cyberpunk. Fiction |
William Gibson
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.85 | 21231 Users | 529 Reviews
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William Gibson begins his Bridge trilogy with this 1993 publication that was nominated for both the Hugo and the Locus awards. In the air of great protagonist names won hands down by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 cyberpunkapalooza Snow Crash with Hiro Protagonist, Gibson introduces us to Chevette Washington, a messenger living on the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland who gets caught up in corporate espionage surrounding some stolen glasses. But these are not just any glasses, they produce virtual light, enabling the viewer to see more than reality, and this is not just the Bay Bridge, this is Gibson’s world building after devastating earthquakes and after tumultuous socioeconomic and political upheavals. Taking off from his archetypal Sprawl series, Gibson gives us another foray into a near future cyberpunk landscape that mesmerizes as it entertains. While this lacks the fringe element edgy cool of Neuromancer, this is told more straightforward and has some early indications of the kind of writing Gibson would do with his Blue Ant series. SF readers who could not buy into the Sprawl books may find this one more approachable. Lots of fun and highly recommended.
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| Original Title: | Virtual Light |
| ISBN: | 0140157727 (ISBN13: 9780140157727) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Bridge #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1994), Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1994), Prix Aurora Award for Best Long Form Work in English (1995) |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 21231 Users | 529 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books Virtual Light (Bridge #1)
If Haruki Murakami and Philip K Dick had ever written a book together this would have been it (they didn't have no baby or anything though). To me it felt like Philip's story but in the voice of Murakami. My first William Gibson novel and I've enjoyed it, he has created an interesting future, things are only slightly more advanced than they are now which makes it easier to get into. There are a fair number of characters, all having little bit parts, I only really had an issue with one of then,Reading something like this after something like Snow Crash can only really leave you feeling one thing. There's no real comparison. This is basically Snow Crash Lite.William Gibson wrote an occasionally entertaining novel of an interesting possible future with some very good observations about humanity BUT it's characters and story structure are so similar to Neal Stephenson's masterpiece of the genre that you can't help but compare. Virtual Light will always lose, not least because Berry
Great sociological science fiction with a cool vibe and, in my opinion, a vast improvement over Gibson's previous Sprawl trilogy. Some scary observations on 90's culture and crackling prose with a cool kind of dialogue for Gibson's characters. A brilliant piece of cyberpunk literature.
William Gibsons fourth novel Virtual Light is a multifaceted projection of a not so distant dystopian future. Although the plot is simplistic, the backdrop of economic, social, and cultural detail that Gibson posits is stunningly detailed and a large part of the enjoyment factor for the book. Fans of his earlier work (the Sprawl series) will notice some drop in the amount of technical forecasting since the story is a mere 13 years in the future (the story is set in 2006, the book was published
Probably the least engaging book of Gibson I have read so far, this one is a very competent story with great storytelling that somehow fails to deliver on the plot-plot. I mean, it was fun and fast paced and interesting and an interpretation of our social future, and it had lots of interesting background choices of historical events and crazy urban tribes and religions created for the universe, along with Gibson's trademark shifting POVs and archetypal characters. It was good, it was fun, it was
As a teenager, I remember I loved William Gibson. I loved Neuromancer. Now, after reading this book, I'm no longer sure. His writing skills are sound, but just couldn't get interested in a story about some lost VR glasses. I think that Gibson spent too much time creating a world for this story, in this very short book, that he left out what would make it an interesting story. Eh, that's okay. A friend told me that Neuromancer was the only decent thing he wrote anyway.
This is excellent! I liked it much more than all three novels in the Neuromancer trilogy (not that I didn't like those a lot). The idea of the repurposed Golden Gate Bridge is ingenious and inspirational. The two main characters are both likable and easy to root for.Of course, this IS a dystopian novel, and there is much in it that is chilling and sometimes uncomfortably prescient.
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