Idoru (Bridge Trilogy) (Literature & Fiction)

Idoru (Bridge Trilogy) (William Gibson) is set up as one continuous listen: cover, runtime, and a chapter list on the same page.

21st century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Neon rain. Light everywhere blowing under any door you might try to close. Where the New Buildings, the largest in the world, erect themselves unaided, their slow rippling movements like the contractions of a sea-creature… Colin Laney is here looking for work. He is an intuitive fisher for patterns of information, the “signature” an individual creates simply by going about the business of living. But Laney knows how to sift for the dangerous bits. Which makes him useful – to certain people. Chia McKenzie is here on a rescue mission. She’s 14. Her idol is the singer Rez, of the band Lo,Rez. When the Seattle chapter of the Lo,Rez fan club decided that he might be in trouble in Tokyo, they sent Chia to check it out. Rei Toei is the idoru – the lyrical, entirely virtual media star adored by all Japan. Rez has declared that he will marry her. This is the rumor that has brought Chia to Tokyo. True or not, the idoru and the moving interests surrounding her are enough to put all their lives in danger…

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