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Idoru

Pages
400
Published
1996
Language
English

Synopsis

In a near-future Tokyo, a young girl named Chia travels to find her idol, the rock star Rez. But the city is buzzing with rumors about Rei Toei, a virtual pop star who Rez claims he will marry. Chia's quest to find Rez quickly becomes entangled in a dangerous web surrounding the enigmatic idoru, putting everyone's lives at risk.

About the author

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William Gibson

William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). In envisaging cyberspace, Gibson created an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. He is also credited with predicting the rise of reality television and with establishi...

Characters

Colin LaneyProtagonist
Chia McKenzieProtagonist
ChiaProtagonist
RezSupporting
Rei ToeiSupporting
All characters in Idoru