Mona Lisa Overdrive
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002ZF0ZEO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 249 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes. 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. An over-the-top thrill ride sequel to Neuromancer and Count Zero. . Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace withou
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 why some were included. There were probably some great stories for each of them but in this work they didn't come together in a truly meaningful way at the conclusion.. Colin A. Brodd said 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, certainly not by a merely human mind, but it would be nice to have a bit more of a clue. Also, the novel feels a little less structured and focused than the earlier installments. Neverthel. "A Decent End to the Sprawl Trilogy" according to illiandantic. 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 returning characters isn't necessary to understand what's going on, and the summaries of previous events are detailed enough to let readers know where things are coming from). But, though i
Despite the efforts of studio bosses to keep her in ignorance, Angie will discover who she really is and why she doesn't need to jack into the Matrix in order to enter cyberspace.In the depths of the rustbelt, the ring of steel garbage and toxic waste surrounding the Sprawl, Gentry obsessively seeks the darkest secrets of the Matrix. Seeking rapture.When an impossibly tall and powerful skyscraper of data appears suddenly in the landscape of the Matrix, Gentry is ready for it, Angie is part of it, and Mona is set for overdrive. Mona weeps for him. The pimp winds up dead. The last of the Sprawl trilogy: the AIs of Neuromancer have suffered a traumatized, cataclysmic coming to self-awareness and now haunt cyberspace as voodoo powers.Mona's pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon in New York and she's turned overnight in