“The best novel William Gibson has ever written about the world we’re entering daily. Neuromancer made Gibson famous; Idoru cements that fame.” — The Washington Post Book World. 21st century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Neon rain, light everywhere, blowing under any door one might try to close. The New Buildings, the largest in the world, erect themselves unaided, their slow rippling movements akin to sea-creature contractions. Colin Laney arrives in Tokyo looking for work. An intuitive fisher for patterns of information, he discerns the “signature” an individual creates in daily life—a skill that makes him useful to certain people. Meanwhile, Chia McKenzie, fourteen, arrives in Tokyo on a rescue mission. Her idol, Rez of the band Lo/Rez, has seemingly gotten into trouble in Tokyo, according to the Seattle chapter of the Lo/Rez fan club. Rei Toei, the idoru, a beautiful, entirely virtual media star adored across Japan, is the center of rumors: Rez has declared he will marry her. This claim brings Chia to Tokyo, but whether true or not, the idoru and the powerful interests surrounding her prove perilous, endangering the lives of those connected to her.
“The best novel William Gibson has ever written about the world we’re entering daily. Neuromancer made Gibson famous; Idoru cements that fame.” — The Washington Post Book World. 21st century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Neon rain, light everywhere, blowing under any door one might try to close. The New Buildings, the largest in the world, erect themselves unaided, their slow rippling movements akin to sea-creature contractions. Colin Laney arrives in Tokyo looking for work. An intuitive fisher for patterns of information, he discerns the “signature” an individual creates in daily life—a skill that makes him useful to certain people. Meanwhile, Chia McKenzie, fourteen, arrives in Tokyo on a rescue mission. Her idol, Rez of the band Lo/Rez, has seemingly gotten into trouble in Tokyo, according to the Seattle chapter of the Lo/Rez fan club. Rei Toei, the idoru, a beautiful, entirely virtual media star adored across Japan, is the center of rumors: Rez has declared he will marry her. This claim brings Chia to Tokyo, but whether true or not, the idoru and the powerful interests surrounding her prove perilous, endangering the lives of those connected to her.