Virtual Light

Bridge Trilogy, #1

by William Gibson

Paperback, 298 pages

English language

Published Aug. 1, 1994 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-015772-7

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(98 reviews)

‘Chevette never stole things, or anyway not from other people, and definitely not when she was working.’

So how's she going to explain the sunglasses? And not just any sunglasses, but this one, very special, very expensive pair, loaded with the data that threaten to utterly transform her city of San Francisco, State of Northern California, in the year 2005.

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tivasyk reviewed Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge Trilogy, #1)

відродило мій інтерес до батька кіберпанку

4 stars

непогано. трохи зіжмаканий фінал, — але це, здається, ґібсонова візитівка? також, важко сказати, чи це ще кіберпанк чи вже той дивний пост-апокаліптичний, але без власне апокаліпсису, сайфай, якого різні автори наплодили достобіса за останнє десятиліття чи два (приміром, «altered carbon», такий модній кілька років тому через серіял, практично повністю злизує ґібсонову стилістику… треба перечитати знову)?

«virtual light» потрапив мені до рук практично випадково. як не дивно, попри давній і природній інтерес до кіберпанку, я досі з ґібсона читав… лише «neuromancer»! треба надолужити, адже обидві книжки — частини своїх трилогій!

Julie R reviewed Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge Trilogy, #1)

sweet spot of storytelling

5 stars

I just sank right into this. I love what Gibson does with character--how he uses the absurdity of reality to make fiction feel authentic. This one has a serious case of McGuffin-itis, but I didn't care because I just wanted to keep hearing Gibson's version of people and place in my head.

garrett reviewed Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge Trilogy, #1)

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4 stars

Not peak Gibson but it was still a lot of fun. Has a fun merge of two different and interesting characters that cross in an exciting clash. The world building of Gibson is always lively and the wording concise with clever descriptions.

A bummer that the audiobook is typically unavailable, although I'm still aiming to finish this trilogy by the end of the year.

The Gnome King reviewed Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge Trilogy, #1)

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4 stars

If Haruki Murakami and Philip K Dick had ever written a book together this would have been it (they didn't have no baby or anything though). To me it felt like Philip's story but in the voice of Murakami.

My first William Gibson novel and I've enjoyed it, he has created an interesting future, things are only slightly more advanced than they are now which makes it easier to get into. There are a fair number of characters, all having little bit parts, I only really had an issue with one of then, Yamazaki, I could see the point of including him, was he telling the story or not? The setting was brilliant, the bridge and how it had been built on was described so well I was able to picture it in me head with ease.

Glad to see that this is down as book one, should mean I'll …