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''Idoru'' is a {{Cyberpunk}}/PostCyberpunk SpeculativeFiction story written by Creator/WilliamGibson. Set in [[TokyoistheCenteroftheUniverse Tokyo]], it is the second book of the ''Literature/BridgeTrilogy''.
Rez of the Lo/Rez band has announced he is going to marry Rei Toei, an Idoru/a digital celebrity. [[FanGirl Chia]] visits [[TokyoistheCenteroftheUniverse Tokyo]] to find out the truth. Laney, an ex-analyst, is hired to find out what’s wrong with Rez. However, the [[TheMafiya Russian Kombinat]] is not letting these two people know what is really going on behind the scenes.
Rez of the Lo/Rez band has announced he is going to marry Rei Toei, an Idoru/a digital celebrity. [[FanGirl Chia]] visits [[TokyoistheCenteroftheUniverse Tokyo]] to find out the truth. Laney, an ex-analyst, is hired to find out what’s wrong with Rez. However, the [[TheMafiya Russian Kombinat]] is not letting these two people know what is really going on behind the scenes.
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''Idoru'' is a {{Cyberpunk}}/PostCyberpunk SpeculativeFiction story written novel by Creator/WilliamGibson. Set in [[TokyoistheCenteroftheUniverse Tokyo]], it is the second book of the ''Literature/BridgeTrilogy''.
Rez of the Lo/Rez band has announced he is going to marry Rei Toei,an Idoru/a a Japanese digital celebrity. [[FanGirl Chia]] visits [[TokyoistheCenteroftheUniverse Tokyo]] celebrity -- a.k.a. [[TitleDrop "idoru"]]. Lo/Rez's FanGirl Chia Pet [=McKenzie=] travels to Tokyo to find out the truth. Laney, an ex-analyst, is hired by Rez's security to find out what’s what's wrong with Rez. However, him. Meanwhile, the [[TheMafiya Russian Kombinat]] is execute their own scheme and are not letting these those two people know what is really going on behind the scenes.
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Rez of the Lo/Rez band has announced he is going to marry Rei Toei,
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* AdvertisedExtra: While Rei Toei is the instigating factor behind this novel's plot, she does not appear until after its halfway point and has overall fewer interactions with other characters than even in the next book, which wasn't named after her.
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* FaceOfTheBand: (InUniverse) Rez of the Lo/Rez band.
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** Zona Rosa is a neighbourhood in Mexico City.
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** Zona Rosa is a neighbourhood in Mexico City. [[spoiler:In a brilliant combination of GeniusBonus and {{Foreshadowing}}, the Zona Rosa is a very expensive and trendy area...]]
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* UnusualPopCultureName: Chia Pet [=McKenzie=] was named after the terracotta figurines. Her mother was an immigrant, did not speak English, did not understand the commercial and just liked the sound of "Chia Pet", so it was not intentional.
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* HackerCollective: Masahiko belongs to a hacker collective known as Walled City.
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->"Masahiko is seventeen," Mitsuko said. "He is a 'pathological-techno-fetishist-with-social-deficit,'" this last all strung together like one word, indicating a concept that taxed the lexicon of the ear-clips...
->"A what?"
->"Otaku," Mitsuko said carefully in Japanese. The translation burped its clumsy word string again.
->"A what?"
->"Otaku," Mitsuko said carefully in Japanese. The translation burped its clumsy word string again.
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