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IdoruWilliam GibsonBridge Trilogy, book 2

Characters in Idoru

5 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Colin Laney

    A former data analyst with a gift for spotting patterns in information, hired to investigate Rez.

  • Chia McKenzie

    Fourteen-year-old Seattle fan-club member sent to Tokyo to find out whether Rez really means to marry an idoru.

Supporting characters

  • Rez

    Rock star of the duo Lo/Rez, who announces plans to marry a virtual celebrity.

  • Rei Toei

    The idoru of the title, a virtual Japanese celebrity who exists as software and projection.

  • Keith Alan Blackwell

    Rez's head of security, who is suspicious of the marriage plan.