Mona Lisa Overdrive : A Novel by William Gibson (1997, Mass Market)

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Mona Lisa Overdrive, Paperback by Gibson, William, ISBN 0553281747, ISBN-13 9780553281743, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Living in the vast computer landscape of cyberspace, young Mona taps into the mind of world-famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell who deciphers cyperspace plans, including those devised by Japanese underworld

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553281747
ISBN-139780553281743
eBay Product ID (ePID)986308

Product Key Features

Book TitleMona Lisa Overdrive : a Novel
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDystopian, Science Fiction / Cyberpunk, General, Thrillers / Technological
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorWilliam Gibson
Book SeriesSprawl Trilogy Ser.
FormatMass Market

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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight6 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-014494
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number3
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisThe thrilling conclusion to William Gibson's classic Sprawl Trilogy, which began with the groundbreaking Neuromancer and "open[ed] up a new genre" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) "Brilliant, gritty, densely textured."-- Kirkus Reviews Enter the uniquely prescient world of the Sprawl--lyric and mechanical, sensual 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 virtual reality star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. 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. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese criminal syndicate, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes. But even the Yakuza is no match for the machinations of an opaque artificial intelligence, whose goals no human can hope to comprehend. Don't miss any of the Sprawl Trilogy NEUROMANCER - COUNT ZERO - MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer , has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . . The Mona Lisa Overdrive . Enter Gibson's unique world--lyric and mechanical, sensual 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. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. 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. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes . . . or so they think., The thrilling conclusion to William Gibson's classic Sprawl Trilogy, which began with the groundbreaking Neuromancer and "open[ed] up a new genre" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) "Brilliant, gritty, densely textured."-- Kirkus Reviews Enter the uniquely prescient world of the Sprawl--lyric and mechanical, sensual 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 virtual reality star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. 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. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese criminal syndicate, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes. But even the Yakuza is no match for the machinations of an opaque artificial intelligence, whose goals no human can hope to comprehend. Don't miss any of the Sprawl Trilogy NEUROMANCER * COUNT ZERO * MONA LISA OVERDRIVE

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