William Ford Gibson's Bridge trilogy, sometimes called the San Francisco trilogy, is his second trilogy, after the successful Sprawl trilogy. William Ford Gibson (March 17, 1948, Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born Canadian science fiction author. ... The Sprawl-trilogy, of which Neuromancer is the first part. ...

Books in this trilogy are:

• Virtual Light (1993)
• Idoru (1996)
• All Tomorrow's Parties (1999)

The Bridge trilogy, like the Sprawl trilogy, takes place in a dystopian future. It is not clear whether the trilogies are set at different times in the same universe or in separate universes, although the world in the Bridge Trilogy appears less advanced. The books deal with the race to control the beginnings of cyberspace technology and are set on the United States' West coast in a post-earthquake California (divided into the separate states of NoCal and SoCal), as well as a post-earthquake Tokyo, Japan that had been rebuilt using nanotechnology. All Tomorrows Parties is the third book in William Gibsons Bridge trilogy. Like its precessors, All Tomorrows Parties is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. ... A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... Cyberspace, a metaphoric abstraction used in philosophy and computing, is a (virtual) reality which represents the Noosphere/Popperian cosmology#Worlds 1, 2 and 3 both inside computers and on computer networks. ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves. ... Tokyo , literally eastern capital) is the capital of Japan and one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. ... Molecular gears from a NASA computer simulation. ...

The trilogy derives its name from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which was abandoned in an earthquake and has become a massive shanty town, and a site of improvised shelter. The bridge becomes a pivotal location in Virtual Light and All Tomorrow's Parties. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (, ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans the San Francisco Bay and links the Californian cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States. ... Shanty town in Manila, Philippines. ...

The Bridge trilogy share a common cast of characters. Most prevalent are driver "Berry" Rydell and bicycle courier Chevette Washington. Computer hacker Colin Laney, with a mysterious ability to identify patterns in vast tracts of information, appears in All Tomorrow's Parties and also Idoru , where he is the main character. Another recurring character is the "virtual idol" ("Idoru" being a likely Japanese rendering of "idol") Rei Toei, an AI pop star. All Tomorrows Parties is the third book in William Gibsons Bridge trilogy. Like its precessors, All Tomorrows Parties is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. ... Hondas intelligent humanoid robot AI redirects here. ...

The Bridge trilogy incorporates elements of William Gibson's recurring exploration of the intersection of technology, traumatic change, and cyborg self perceptions. The original San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge exists within the old technological system of steel-based construction techniques. After the traumatic shock of the earthquake which destablizes both the literal bridge and the technological system it is a part of a "new" technological system emerges. Two representative examples of the new technology are the nanotechnology-based tunnel that replaces the bridge and the ad-hoc community built on the damaged bridge. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (, ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans the San Francisco Bay and links the Californian cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States. ... Molecular gears from a NASA computer simulation. ...

The ad-hoc bridge community is a cyborg since it takes essential structural elements from both the bridge and the people living on the bridge. Remove either and the bridge community is irrevocably altered. This duality of self is evident in Gibson's characters as well. For example, one of Chevette's fellow bike messengers is described as having bones of steel in the same passage as his bike is described. In Idoru the post-marriage Rei Toei / Rez entity is an excellent example of a cyborg: it contains both human (Rez) and machine (Rei) elements and requires technology for its existence (nanotechnology). The blind percussionist has prosthetic eyes. Blackwell's folding hatchet is repeatedly described as an extension of his body. The unnamed killer in All Tomorrow's Parties is inseparable from his blade. Colin Laney's brain has been re-wired by a technological artefact (an experimental chemical), producing his ability to identify patterns. Seven of Nine, a Borg in Star Trek: Voyager The term cyborg, a portmanteau of cybernetic organism, is used to designate an organism which is a mixture of organic and mechanical (synthetic) parts. ... William Gibsons Bridge trilogy is his second trilogy, after the successful Sprawl trilogy. ... Molecular gears from a NASA computer simulation. ... All Tomorrows Parties is the third book in William Gibsons Bridge trilogy. Like its precessors, All Tomorrows Parties is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. ...

The overall arc of the trilogy's plot lays out Gibson's apparent thesis on the structure of our world. A traumatic event fragments, destabilizes, or outright destroys the existing social and technological order. Uncontrolled technologies (the bridge community was not planned or authorized) develop quickly and bring about radical change. The humans involved have no choice but to incorporate this change in to their self perceptions due to the fact that they are either literal or figuratively cyborg. As the effects of these changes propagate the rate of alteration of self perception increases to the point where there is no way to distinguish human from machine, as can be seen in the Rei / Rez entity.

Idoru is rumoured to be produced as an anime movie [1] A scene from the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime ) is an abbreviation of the Japanese word アニメーション (animēshon), which is based on the English word animation. ...