Mona Lisa Overdrive
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455861693 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 109 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An over-the-top thrill ride sequel to Neuromancer and Count Zero. Into the cyber-hip world of William Gibson 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. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes. . 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 controlledor even known. Since childhood, Angie h
And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes…or so they think.. 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. William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date.…Mona Lisa OverdriveEnter Gibson’s unique world—lyric and mechanical, erotic and violent, sobering and exciting—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.
Trundlebike said In this work I feel like Gibson was trying so hard to say something that. Inevitably I had to compare this to Neuromancer which deserved a re-read for me. In this work I feel like Gibson was trying so hard to say something that there was no opportunity for me to use my imagination to fill in the gaps. The development of the various characters was vivid, but in the end I wasn't sure . The third classic in the Sprawl Trilogy . I have to admit, I don't like "Mona Lisa Overdrive" as much as the first two books, but it does continue and wrap up themes and storylines of the trilogy. I feel like there is not really enough resolution to exactly *what* happened "When It Changed" - maybe part of Gibson's point is that it is not knowable, ce. A Decent End to the Sprawl Trilogy William Gibson's "Mona Lisa Overdrive" is a decent ending to the Sprawl Trilogy he started with Neuromancer. Gibson makes a good attempt at keeping these books separate enough that a reader might be able to read them independently (there's a lot of in-book time between the events in each book, knowledge of ret