Ebook {Epub PDF} Virtual Light by William Gibson

As in his previous novels, Gibson's plot is very simple. Chevette Washington, a bicycle courier, impulsively steals a pair of "virtual light" glasses that feeds images directly to the optic nerve, not realizing that it contains extremely valuable secret data that its owners will stop at nothing to recover.3/5(1). William Gibson's "Virtual Light" is the first book in his "Bridge Trilogy." As I noted in my review of Idoru, I read this first book after having read the second. I'm happy to say that the ordering issue wasn't a problem since the books are almost entirely independent/5().  · VIRTUAL LIGHT. by William Gibson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, Near-future good little-guys vs. bad redevelopers tussle—set in a California split into two states: from the cyberspace and virtual reality guru (Mona Lisa Overdrive, ; The Difference Engine, , with Bruce Sterling, etc.). By the year , the middle classes have vanished, leaving a vast struggling mass of impoverished .

In Virtual Light, William Gibson dials down the cyberpunk motifs nearly to zero and what's left is a noirish cat and mouse chase. Gibson's novels often feature individuals caught up in grand, mostly offscreen machinations. This time they were too offscreen for my taste, or perhaps the characters weren't interesting enough for me. by William Gibson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, Near-future good little-guys vs. bad redevelopers tussle—set in a California split into two states: from the cyberspace and virtual reality guru (Mona Lisa Overdrive, ; The Difference Engine, , with Bruce Sterling, etc.). ISBN: William Gibson's novel, Virtual Light (), is a bit of a letdown. But this is primarily because Neuromancer (), is one of the best novels of the 20th century - so its no wonder lightning hasn't struck twice. Though comparisons between Neuromancer and Virtual Light are inevitable, and reasonable, we should try to.

Virtual light. by. Gibson, William, Publication date. Topics. Twenty-first century, Science fiction. Publisher. In Virtual Light, William Gibson dials down the cyberpunk motifs nearly to zero and what's left is a noirish cat and mouse chase. Gibson's novels often feature individuals caught up in grand, mostly offscreen machinations. This time they were too offscreen for my taste, or perhaps the characters weren't interesting enough for me. 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.