Books like All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson
All Tomorrow's Parties, the concluding volume of William Gibson's Bridge Trilogy, centers on a cyberpunk protagonist who, while connected to the Internet from a cardboard box in Tokyo's subway, orchestrates a coalition of friends to prevent a looming world disaster. The climax unfolds on a San Francisco bridge—a site now occupied by squatters—while a wealthy financier seeks to exert global control. Through Gibson's incisive blend of cyberpunk and post‑cyberpunk themes, the novel explores the intersections of reality, cyberspace, and emergent technology.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk
Authors: William Gibson
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