Paperback

Spanish language

Published Nov. 6, 2002 by Booket.

ISBN:
978-84-450-7420-6
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4 stars (81 reviews)

23 editions

meh, not as entertaining as Virtual Light

3 stars

This felt like he just took the outline of Virtual Light and rewrote it with a different cast. That might have been fine if I'd read it years after, but I just read VL the day before, so it was annoying. I also didn't find the environments in this one to be as clear or well-described. I loved it up until Chia gets to the restaurant/flat, but then it lost its intensity for me.

Review of 'Idoru' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I was a big fan of Gibson’s virtual light so thought I’d give the second book in the series a go and it was a huge disappointment. It is like a completely different person has written it, Gibson’s voice in virtual light was fantastic, a really gritty noir style whereas this feels like a cheap imitation. It’s tough to give this a low rating because the idea is there, social media has almost a life of it’s own, big companies are able to mine your data to find out what you plan to do and probably know more about you than you do, and a rock star has taken things a step further and plans to marry a being that only exists in virtual reality. Ya see, it does sound interesting and I’m impressed that Gibson came up with this in 1996 and it all feels pretty accurate.

So the …

Review of 'Idoru' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

What does being a celebrity actually mean? Where does a creation of media end and person start? Gibson creates a universe where it's possible for lives of completely different people meet and do so with a bang. Life of a 14 year old schoolgirl obsessed with a pop-idol, ex-prisoner turned bodyguard with knack for tomahawks and data analyst able to do pattern recognition on big databases. They all want to know what is happening with Rez and Rei Toei. Will they like what they find? Find out! :-) I liked devastated scenery of Virtual Light more, but Idoru is nevertheless a fine addition to another great Gibson trilogy.

Review of 'Idoru' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

awesome. cool. hip.
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A Book Review of William Gibson's Idoru

Gibson's prose is so solid you can bang your head to it. It is shiny and elegant and compact - like a Macintosh product. Gibson's no-nonsense approach to dialogue is apparent here. It is told in third-person omniscient. There are a lot of interesting characters.

Chia Pet McKenzie. Zona Rosa. Keith Blackwell. Colin Laney.

Gibson has this gift of giving his characters wonderful, hip, names.

The idoru is this virtual superstar in Japan. An idol.

Another character is this aging, world-famous rockstar, adored by millions of teenage female fans. These female fans form fan clubs. CHia is from the Seattle branch of the fan club. ZOna Rosa is from the Mexican branch. Chia is sent to Japan to confirm on the rumor of their famous beloved rockstar marrying the Japanese idoru.

Nanotechnology is involved.

And Colin Laney, the 'quant' …

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Subjects

  • General
  • Short Stories (single author)
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Spanish: Adult Fiction