Virtual Light

Bridge #1

by William Gibson

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 pickpocket 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...

Genres: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Fiction, Dystopia, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Novels

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, having coined the term cyberspace in 1982 and popularized it in his first novel, Neuromancer (1984), which has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide.

While his early writing took the form of short stories, Gibson has since written nine critically acclaimed novels (one in collaboration), contributed articles to several major publications, and has collaborated extensively with performance artists, filmmakers and musicians. His thought has been cited as an influence on science fiction authors, academia, cyberculture, and technology.


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Reviews

[Koen]

Virtueel Licht
Geschreven door: William Gibson
ISBN: 90 290 4624 4
Eerste druk mei 1994
Uitgever: Meulenhoff SF
Vertaling: Gert van Santen
Omslagillustratie: Nico Keulers

Na jaren in de kast weer eens het boek afgestoft en gelezen en dit is toch wel een van de beste Cyber Punk boeken die er zijn.

Personages:
Berry (Stephen) Rydell, particulier beveiliger.
Anderson, groep chef IntenSecure
Joel Sublett, Rydell’s partner bij IntenSecure.
Zijn moeder Dora.
Hernandez, Rydell’s voormalige baas bij IntenSecure.
Wally Divac, Rydell’s Servische huisbaas.
Karen Mendelsohn, advocaat Cops in Trouble.
Aaron Pursley, Cops in Trouble
Wellington Ma, Cops in Trouble

Chevette-Marie Washington, koerier.
Skinner, bewoond een kamer bovenin de brug en hij was één van de eerste brugbewoners.
Lowell, brugbewoner en dancer-verslaafde.

Yamazaki (Scooter), onderzoeker naar de sociale structuren van de bewoners van de brug. Vakgroep sociologie aan de Universiteit van Osaka.

Lucius Warbaby, freelance bounty hunter.
Freddie, technisch adviseur van Lucius.

Bunny Malatesta, vervoerscoördinator van het koeriersbedrijf Allied Messengers waar Chevette werkt.
Saladin Samuel DePree, koerier.

Arkady Svobodov en Orlovsky, San Fransisco inspecteurs van de afdeling Moordzaken.

Laurie, medewerkster van de tatoeage shop.
Benny Singh, bedrijfsleider.

Danica Elliot, gepensioneerde dame uit Altadena.
Loveless, huurling, moordenaar.