Virtual Light

By William NicholsonMaurice BenyovszkySamuel Pasfield Oliver, et al.

Book Overview

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 these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. . . . Praise for Virtual Light "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

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553566067
• ISBN13: 9780553566062
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Random House Worlds
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

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