[Bridge 03] • Tomorrow's Parties

Although Colin Laney (from Gibson's earlier novel _Idoru_ ) lives in a

cardboard box, he has the power to change the world. Thanks to an experimental

drug that he received during his youth, Colin can see "nodal points" in the

vast streams of data that make up the worldwide computer network. Nodal points

are rare but significant events in history that forever change society, even

though they might not be recognizable as such when they occur. Colin isn't

quite sure what's going to happen when society reaches this latest nodal

point, but he knows it's going to be big. And he knows it's going to occur on

the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, which has been home to a sort of SoHo-esque

shantytown since an earthquake rendered it structurally unsound to carry

traffic.

Although _All Tomorrow's Parties_ includes characters from two of Gibson's

earlier novels, it's not a direct sequel to either. It's a stand-alone book.

_\--Craig E. Engler_