Virtual Light, 9780553566062
Paperback
High-tech glasses reveal a dangerous future; run or be killed.

Virtual Light

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 1994

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Summary

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 thes…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780553566062
ISBN-10:0553566067
Author:William Gibson
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Bantam Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:1 July 1994
Weight:204g
Dimensions:170mm x 105mm x 24mm
Series:Bridge Trilogy
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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

About The Author

William Gibson

William Gibson is credited with having coined the term “cyberspace” and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. He is the author of Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Burning Chrome, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Zero History, Distrust That Particular Flavor, and The Peripheral. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife.

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