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Mona Lisa Overdrive

Mona Lisa Overdrive

CyberpunkLiterary Fiction
Pages
320
Published
1988
Language
English

Synopsis

Eight years after the events of Count Zero, William Gibson brings the Sprawl trilogy to a close by weaving together four storylines: Mona, a teenage prostitute drawn into a scheme targeting Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell; Kumiko, the daughter of a Yakuza boss sent to London for her own safety amid a gang war; Slick Henry, a reclusive artist and convicted car thief building robotic sculptures in the poisoned industrial wastes of the Dog Solitude; and Angie Mitchell herself, whose biosoft-altered brain lets her enter cyberspace unaided. Corporate espionage, artificial intelligence, and the fate of the Matrix's ruling powers draw all four together in Mona Lisa Overdrive, the concluding volume of Gibson's genre-defining Sprawl trilogy.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseThought-ProvokingAtmospheric
Multiple POVsSecret Identity

Genres

Cyberpunk Literary Fiction Science Fiction

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

MonaProtagonist
Angie MitchellSupporting
Kumiko YanakaSupporting

A yakuza boss's daughter sent to London for safety amid a gang war among the top Yakuza leaders.

Colin (Mona Lisa Overdrive)Supporting

An artificial intelligence "ghost" construct that accompanies and advises Kumiko through London's criminal underworld.

Slick HenrySupporting

A reclusive artist and convicted car thief living at the Factory in the Dog Solitude, who builds large robotic sculptures and suffers episodes of memory loss.

All characters in Mona Lisa Overdrive

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Mona Lisa Overdrive conclude a series?

    Mona Lisa Overdrive is the third and final novel in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, following Neuromancer and Count Zero. While it features returning characters and themes, it also introduces new perspectives and storylines that weave into the established universe.

  • Is Mona Lisa Overdrive connected to other William Gibson books?

    This novel is part of the Sprawl trilogy, which also includes Neuromancer and Count Zero. While it can be appreciated on its own, reading the preceding books provides a richer understanding of the interconnected world and character developments.

  • Are there any film or TV adaptations of Mona Lisa Overdrive?

    While William Gibson's work, particularly Neuromancer, has been optioned and discussed for adaptations, there is no completed film or television series specifically based on Mona Lisa Overdrive.

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