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Almost as brilliant as gibsons neuromancer, count zero is, nonetheless, a thoroughly entertaining read. Gothic motifs in the fiction of william gibson brill. But the world is better realised here than virtual light, feeling deeper and realer. Idoru 1996, all tomorrows parties 1999, collectively known as the bridge trilogy.
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