All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge Trilogy, #3)
He coined the term "cyberspace..."He envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed... Now, the New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer returns with his hero from Idoru, in a startling novel of a shift in time--and cyberspace... "All Tomorrow's Parties is...
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He coined the term "cyberspace..."He envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed... Now, the New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer returns with his hero from Idoru, in a startling novel of a shift in time--and cyberspace... "All Tomorrow's Parties is immensely engaging, alive on every page and as enjoyable a weekend entertainment as one could want." --The Washington Post Book World "William Gibson's rich protopointillism coins a wireless future where reality is only proxy and proviso. Made all the more beautiful and frightening by its probability, and by characters who somehow tweeze hope from the polymer." --Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files "One of science fiction's greatest literary stylists...Gibson wouldn't be Gibson if he spelled it out, if he eliminated all the ambiguity. His specialty is hanging on to that fractal edge without ever going over the brink." --Wired Magazine
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ISBN:
9780441007554 (0441007554)
Publish date: August 1st 2000
Publisher: Ace Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Cultural,
Speculative Fiction,
Dystopia,
Canada,
Cyberpunk,
Near Future
Series: Bridge (#3)
While the final book didn't hold it's end up well it was at least more cohesive with the first book than the second one was. Gibson continues to flesh out the anarchical society that has developed on the now damaged and abandoned bridge. Which makes for the best part of the book as he seems to have ...
Gibson is just such a great writer. His imagery isn't distracting as one reads it, but has a way of transforming the most mundane things into the exotic and futuristic. His settings are often barely sci-fi - but the way he talks about them, they seem as if they are. Leads to philosophical musings ab...