Major Themes
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 destabilizes both the literal bridge and the technological system of which it is a part, 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 concept of node permeates the Bridge trilogy.
All three of the Bridge books had thriller armature and science fiction clothes and really a kind of nineties attitude
William Gibson in interview with the California Literary Review, October 2007Read more about this topic: Bridge Trilogy
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