Idoru (Bridge Trilogy)
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Book details
- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBerkley
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 1997
- Dimensions4.15 x 1.09 x 6.72 inches
- ISBN-100425158640
- ISBN-13978-0425158647
Book overview
21st century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Neon rain. Light everywhere blowing under any door you might try to close. Where the New Buildings, the largest in the world, erect themselves unaided, their slow rippling movements like the contractions of a sea-creature...
Colin Laney is here looking for work. He is an intuitive fisher for patterns of information, the “signature” an individual creates simply by going about the business of living. But Laney knows how to sift for the dangerous bits. Which makes him useful—to certain people.
Chia McKenzie is here on a rescue mission. She’s fourteen. Her idol is the singer Rez, of the band Lo/Rez. When the Seattle chapter of the Lo/Rez fan club decided that he might be in trouble in Tokyo, they sent Chia to check it out.
Rei Toei is the idoru—the beautiful, entirely virtual media star adored by all Japan. Rez has declared that he will marry her. This is the rumor that has brought Chia to Tokyo. True or not, the idoru and the powerful interests surrounding her are enough to put all their lives in danger...
Review
“Idoru is a prophecy, a prayer for information baths that never drown the supplicant. It is also a text on paper, beautifully written, dense with metaphors that open the eyes to the new, dreamlike, intensely imagined, deeply plausible. It is a profoundly cunning advertisement for a world whose enclosed spaces—and infinite domains within the skull—we had better be prepared to join.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Gibson’s vision is disturbing, his speculation brilliant and his prose immaculate, cementing his reputation as the premier visionary working in SF today.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Gibson envisions a future in which the lines between the virtual and the actual are terminally blurred. How ‘real’ are today's celebrities?...What will happen when the Web allows anyone—anyone at all—to be a star? With characteristic brilliance, the writer who invented the word cyberspace looks for answers.”—Rolling Stone
“Gibson remains, like Chandler, an intoxicating stylist...Clever and provocative scenery...vivid, slangy prose. Chia is one of his most winning creations.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Spooky...[Idoru is] a sharp satire on the uses and abuses of technology and has much to tell us about the dangerous path science has laid out for us.”—Baltimore Sun
“Gibson's trademark of high-tech pyrotechnics and dark psychological comedy is in evidence throughout Idoru, and his characters are as compelling as ever. Gibson’s novel should come with a warning label: Objects in novel may be closer than they appear.”—Time Out
About the Author
About the author
Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.William Gibson is the award-winning author of Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, The Difference Engine, with Bruce Sterling, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties and Pattern Recognition. William Gibson lives in Vancouver, Canada. His latest novel, published by Penguin, is Spook Country (2007).
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Product information
| Publisher | Berkley (September 1, 1997) |
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| Language | English |
| Mass Market Paperback | 416 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0425158640 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0425158647 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.15 x 1.09 x 6.72 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank |
#213,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1,262 in Hard Science Fiction (Books)
#2,066 in Dystopian Fiction (Books)
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,642Reviews |
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"...Entertaining and worth the read, and holds up well even 22 years after original publication." Read more
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"...But I enjoyed it nonetheless. It is a poignant view of humankind's possible future as we continue to approach that occurrence when our bodies may..." Read more
"...Set in a post-earthquake Tokyo of tomorrow, it is refreshingly not post-apocalyptic or dystopian but is atmospheric as hell and expands upon Gibson..." Read more
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"...It's his usual futuristic cyber-type of world, well-written, with good characters. My only complaint is that there's a bit of padding in the book...." Read more
"...its core remaining a strong action adventure novel featuring deep character development...." Read more
"...There is nothing particularly wrong. The characters are well developed in Gibson's usual way, but the storyline just never grabbed me sufficiently..." Read more
"...With very well developed characters and a good plot. You can read this today in 2015 and it still feels like "the future"...." Read more
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The books in Gibson's Bridge Trilogy are:
1. Virtual Light
2. Idoru
3. All Tomorrow's Parties
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I'm a die-hard fan and this series is no different. Once you're in and invested in the characters, you're in for the long-haul
Gibson paints the tableau, puts you in the scenes as an unidentified co-conspirator and you're along for a very satisfying ride. I doubt this is the end of the Idoru journey...at least I hope not.
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Set in a post-earthquake Tokyo of tomorrow, it is refreshingly not post-apocalyptic or dystopian but is atmospheric as hell and expands upon Gibson’s view of a potential future internet, while at its core remaining a strong action adventure novel featuring deep character development. Entertaining and worth the read, and holds up well even 22 years after original publication.
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The book is generally well acclaimed, but for me, it left me with a sense of "what was the payoff with this story"? I never found it.
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