false <![CDATA[Idoru]]> 22325 27 879765 1996 Idoru total:3555|5:559|4:1321|3:1340|2:292|1:43| 3555 12726 4432 126 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 5 3 true Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 27 05:19:34 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 29 18:52:32 -0700 2008 5 Quote: ...I think I'd probably tell you that it's easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.

There is an odd surface tension here; some readers may approach Idoru from the wrong bi...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 3 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 08:03:05 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:29:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 3 1 false Fri Jan 09 16:53:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 16:57:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 682768 0425158640 9780425158647 160 12 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177117847m/682768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682768.Idoru 3 0 false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:45:15 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:54:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 5 0 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 00:25:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 14:42:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 682768 0425158640 9780425158647 160 12 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177117847m/682768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682768.Idoru 3 0 false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:18:50 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:49:32 -0700 2009 Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive), I think Idoru may actually be the best introduction to this work. Unlike the imaginable-but-still-genuinely-strange world of the Sprawl trilogy, Idoru's setting seems to be about 10 minutes into th...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 4 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 29 01:26:50 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 01:39:24 -0700 2008
Gibson creates a breathtaking scenery in futuristic Tokyo that follows the fact that an A.I. pop singer - the Idoru and Rez, singer of the Lo-Rez band are having an affair.

For me, Gibson ta...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 5 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 23 15:09:06 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 15:09:12 -0800 2007
Idoru is great and a not too sci-fi introduction to his work. It is a quick read, which is great if you're busy and just wa...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 3 0 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 16:57:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:14:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 894563 0140241078 9780140241075 16 4 Idoru 3.58 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/894563.Idoru 4 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 07:00:19 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 01:33:09 -0800 2009
Spoilers down here....

I enjoyed this enormously and I only gave it four stars because I am acutely aware I have been spoilt by other science fiction that came after.
If I had read this in the late nineties, it would probably have blown the top off my head for its observa...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 0 0 false Thu Oct 01 23:34:12 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 01:28:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 3 0 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:01:12 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:05:25 -0700 2009
The first thing I noticed was that a book from 96 can feel really dated by 2008. A lot of science fiction can mind you - but after only 13 years - well...tha...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 3 0 false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:15:08 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:16:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 682768 0425158640 9780425158647 160 12 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177117847m/682768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682768.Idoru 5 0 false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 01:01:32 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 23:09:58 -0700 2008 "Pattern Recognition", and my faith in Gibson has been restored. He wasn't a one-hit wonder after all!

The book uses alot of the same ideas as "Pattern Recognition", but it only seems that way because of the order in which I read them. In reali...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 5 0 false Sun Sep 21 17:27:04 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 07:33:01 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 17:27:04 -0700 2008 by William Gibson

The trilogy doesn’t seem to have a name and, in fact, all three books can be read as discreet novels though they are best read together, in order. Gibson’s prose is a wonder all by itself: the visions it produces,...more...]]> 682768 0425158640 9780425158647 160 12 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177117847m/682768.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682768.Idoru 4 0 false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 11:10:46 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 07:52:57 -0700 2008 Neuromancer, mysterious jobs, some guy with a special skill (although Laney's is much more emphatic as opposed to the technical/physical skill dealt with in the prior) who betrayed the company he worked for ...more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 2 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 15:52:15 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 11:11:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 1 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 17:19:22 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 20:30:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 3 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 08:56:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 15:35:08 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 22325 0425190455 9780425190456 3264 100 Idoru 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348715m/22325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22325.Idoru 4 0 false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Nov 18 15:12:27 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 15:13:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=894563