Paperback
Published Nov. 3, 2015 by Altin Kitaplar.
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.
Living in the vast computer landscape of cyberspace, young Mona taps into the mind of world-famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell who deciphers cyperspace plans, including those devised by Japanese underworld.
Interesting ideas, worst storytelling I've read in a "popular" book in ages. If it had been a movie I'd ask for my money back.
I originally read this in high school, but I'd forgotten most of the details, so I decided to do a reread after finishing one of Gibson's newer novels (Pattern Recognition). Like Tolkien, it's one of those classics that's been copied so much that the original has begun to seem clichéd. It probably doesn't help that a good portion of The Matrix was lifted directly from this book. It also suffers a bit from an dating; in 1984, it was generally assumed that the Cold War and Japanese economic dominance were here to stay.
Having said, that, it's still an entertaining read, with an unpredictable plot and interesting views on personality and identity. It probably wouldn't make much of a splash if it were published today, but the genre today would be very different if Neuromancer had never been published.
Holds up amazingly well over the years, and easily one of my favorite books, part of one of my favorite series. I adore the stripped down writing style, the characters, everything. Bloody lovely.
Another cyberfantasy from the author of Neuromancer. A good read, but be prepared to re-read a few sections a few times to follow the plot.
