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Idoru
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I don't know if you've ever read Idoru and that whole Bridge series. Have you ever read that? William Gibson series?
Jason Calacanis · This Week in Startups · Jul 2021 Listen at 58:29 The best things said about it
But william gibson did something called the bridge series which was all tomorrow tomorrow's parties it was like a dystopian san francisco.
Why people recommend it
Idoru is a science fiction novel by William Gibson that is part of his celebrated Bridge series, exploring themes related to virtual reality, digital celebrity, and dystopian urban environments. Jason Calacanis recommended the book on This Week in Startups, asking guests and listeners if they had explored Gibson's work and noting it as an essential component of the Bridge trilogy alongside titles like All Tomorrow's Parties. Calacanis highlighted these works when discussing the evolution of virtual worlds and digital culture, encouraging individuals to read the series to understand early literary explorations of cyberspace. Other hosts on the program also referred to the Bridge series, describing its depiction of a dystopian San Francisco and comparing its virtual environments with modern virtual reality concepts. Furthermore, Calacanis referenced Gibson's writing when pondering futuristic ideas such as recording and replaying a person's life experiences, cementing the novel's reputation as a prescient work of cyberpunk fiction that continues to inspire conversations about technology.
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Jason Calacanis I don't know if you've ever read Idoru and that whole Bridge series. Have you ever read that? William Gibso… 3
“I don't know if you've ever read Idoru and that whole Bridge series. Have you ever read that? William Gibson series?”
“yeah i mean if for people who haven't read william gibson's bridge trilogy all tomorrow's parties uduru i don't know what the third one was but i i remember reading them back in the day”
“interestingly william gibson in you ever read any of his work when gibson so he did a really cool series i think it was called i can't remember idoru”
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“but william gibson did something called the bridge series which was all tomorrow tomorrow's parties it was like a dystopian san francisco”
