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 … 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.
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First rate, gritty, cyber-punk fiction. The multiple threads of the story move along at a brisk pace. The plot seems complicated and there a lot of colorful characters. However, for the most part they seemed quite distinct and I did not have any trouble keeping track of each of them. I enjoyed the book and recommend it but I do have some quibbles. …
Makes one think about how we want our future.
William Gibson is one of the most original writers currently active.
Liked a lot.
For me it all really comes down to the author’s voice. Gibson is a truly original sound, like Tom Wolf in “The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test” and “Fear and Loathing..” by Hunter S. Thompson, There can be only one..
As the final installment of the Sprawl Trilogy, Mona Lisa Overdrive is one of the first cyberpunk novels written by William Gibson in the late 1980s. It, however, still holds up these many years later, as it still captures what the future could look like tomorrow.
In Mona Lisa Overdrive, we find out more about Molly Millions, the razor-girl body …
Extraordinary writing – filled with evocative detail, almost like free verse in spots. World-building to match; the characters are unforgettable. Paints a picture of a future you will both love and hate.
I’ve enjoyed William Gibson books in the past, but just couldn’t get into this one.
A good, absorbing read.
William Gibson’s various series are all very good. This book and this trilogy are great.
William Gibson reignited my love of Sci-Fi when I read this book for the first time. And I am happy I read it again just recently!
Not Gibson’s best, but still highly entertaining.
It’s been a while since I read this book but I am a huge fan of Gibson’s. His books have been eerily predictive of the rise of the internet and the dominance of international business over governments. This one, like all his others, is suspenseful and engrossing.
Mona Lisa Overdrive is actually the third book in a trilogy which also includes …
A taut conclusion to the tale begun in Neuromancer of a hacker whose life is literally on the line. This trilogy defines what cyberpunk is.
The more times you read it the more you discover in it.
Good enough to read more than once; I know I did.
complex sfi without bug-eyed monsters. one of the originals that createdSCIENCE fiction not horror in space
Early cyber-punk by a master.
I Loved this!