Virtual Light

TitleVirtual Light
Year for Search1993
AuthorsGibson, William [Ford](b. 1948)
Date Published1993
PublisherBantam Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author, US author
Annotation

Complex dystopia set in the states of Northern and Southern California. Deep divisions between the rich and poor with the rich living in protected enclaves. Includes the development of a post-earthquake Tokyo, an anarchist community in the San Francisco area, and various other dystopian and potentially eutopian societies.

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Viking, 1993. 296 pp. 0-670-84081-5

Holding Institutions

Can, PSt

Author Note

The author (b. 1948) was born in the U.S. and moved to Canada in 1967.

Full Text

1993 Gibson, William [Ford] (b. 1948). Virtual Light. New York: Bantam Books. U.K. ed. London: Viking, 1993. Can, PSt

Complex dystopia set in the states of Northern and Southern California. Deep divisions between the rich and poor with the rich living in protected enclaves. Includes the development of a post-earthquake Tokyo, an anarchist community in the San Francisco area, and various other dystopian and potentially eutopian societies. The author was born in the U.S. and moved to Canada in 1967.