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Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)

by William Gibson

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Series: Sprawl (3)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive.  

Enter Gibson's unique worldâ??lyric and mechanical, sensual and violent, sobering and excitingâ??where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace.  Into this world comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell.  Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer.  Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled . . . or even known.  And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazu… (more)
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I think this benefits by being a bit more pulpy and lighter in tone than Count Zero. The big chonky fighting robots are pure cheese but undeniably a thrill when they go into action. ( )
  audient_void | Feb 24, 2024 |
After reading Neuromancer, nothing of Gibson's has quite measured up for me.
  Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |
As our story continues on from Count Zero we go off on a crazy ride round the world with a whole bunch of new characters and some of the old favourites as well.

And this story really does bounce around as our various characters all begin in different places doing very different things.

All in all a super good end to a super good trilogy.   I'll definitely be back to read more William Gibson in the future. ( )
  5t4n5 | Aug 9, 2023 |
Meandered a little more than I expected, and the ending was a bit exciting and a lot of “huh” ( )
  mboszko | Jan 27, 2023 |
A great finale to the Neuromancer trilogy. I found each book in the series to be better than the one before. This one is well structured - with each chapter forming a series of apparently unrelated scenarios and characters which gradually come together for the finale.
  mbmackay | Dec 18, 2022 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Gibson, Williamprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Arconada, José B.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bonnefoy, JeanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Cholewa, Piotr W.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Cormier, WilCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Davis, JonathanNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
HÀilÀ, ArtoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kornya, ZsoltTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stone, SteveCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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To my sister,
Fran Gibson,
with amazement and love...
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The ghost was her father's parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita.
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The world hadn't ever had so many moving parts or so few labels. [Mona: 231]
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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive.  

Enter Gibson's unique worldâ??lyric and mechanical, sensual and violent, sobering and excitingâ??where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace.  Into this world comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell.  Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer.  Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled . . . or even known.  And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazu

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