Mona Lisa Overdrive
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
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Our view
“Mona Lisa Overdrive” closes Gibson’s cyberpunk trilogy by braiding several storylines into one, which some readers find hard to follow at first. They report an opening that throws out many characters and names at once, and passages that need going over twice before the plot comes clear. For those who know the two earlier novels, familiar figures return and loose threads are tied; it is not the place to start.
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About the book
Mona Lisa Overdrive is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, published in 1988. It is the final novel of the cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy, following Neuromancer and Count Zero, taking place eight years after the events of the latter. The novel was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1989.
Reading order · Sprawl trilogy
Full order & progress →- Burning Chrome
7.87.8 / 10 - NeuromancerStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - Count Zero
7.87.8 / 10 - Mona Lisa OverdriveThis book
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 463 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 62 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 401 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is Mona Lisa Overdrive?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 76% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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