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008 101105s1993 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a93007150
020 _a9780553074994
050 0 0 _aPS3557.I2264
_bV57 1993
082 0 0 _aFIC GIB
100 1 _aGibson, William
_d, 1948-
245 1 0 _aVirtual light
_c/ William Gibson
260 _aNew York
_b: Bantam Books
_c, 1993.
300 _a325 p.
_c; 24 cm.
490 0 _aA Bantam spectra book
520 _a2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millenium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash...
650 0 _aTwenty-first century
_v--Fiction
651 _aCalifornia
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aScience fiction
942 _cMO
999 _c234206
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