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.
“They used their money to keep themselves out of the news.”
William Gibson book Mona Lisa Overdrive
Source: Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988), Ch. 12
Context: That’s interesting in itself, because it shows you how adept they were at obscurity. They used their money to keep themselves out of the news.
“Your saving grace, Danielle, is that you make the rest of your kind look vaguely human.”
William Gibson book Mona Lisa Overdrive
Source: Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988), Ch. 25
