false 22326 19 The author of <i>Neuromancer</i> takes you to the vividly realized near future of 2005. Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pick-pocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. 953941 1993 Virtual Light total:2442|5:402|4:976|3:867|2:169|1:28| 2442 8881 3041 79 3 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 19:52:38 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:13:36 -0800 2008
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I did read it.

Chapter "Morning After" begins:

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