Title: Idoru

Title: Idoru Title Record # 5717
Author: William Gibson
Date: 1996-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Bridge Trilogy
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: In a near future where virtual reality cyberspace is common, a 14 year old girl is sent to a post-earthquake Tokyo by the Seattle fanclub of a hugely popular pop music group, to investigate rumors that one of the group intends to marry a virtual woman; at the same time, a man with enhanced abilities to understand individuals by interpreting online patterns of data is also sent to Tokyo by the group's management, to conduct a similar investigation.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1996	Idoru (abridged)

Year	Language	Title
1997^ⓘTranslated by Peter Robert	German	Idoru
1997^ⓘTranslated by Peter Cuijpers	Dutch	Idoru
1998^ⓘTranslated by Pierre Guglielmina; this translation was first published in 1998 by Flammarion	French	Idoru
1998^ⓘ Translated by Aleksandar Marković	Serbian	Idoru [as by Vilijem Gibson]
1999^ⓘTranslated by Leila de Souza Mendes	Portuguese	Idoru
2002^ⓘTranslated by Delio Zinoni	Italian	Aidoru

Year	Language	Title
2000^ⓘTranslated by Delio Zinoni	Italian	Aidoru (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
6	1997 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1998 Kurd Lasswitz Prize	Bestes ausländisches Werk

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Idoru	1996-09-00	William Gibson	G. P. Putnam's Sons	0-399-14130-8	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	292	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru (abridged)	1996-09-24	William Gibson	Putnam Berkley Audio	0-399-14225-8			audio cassette^?Cassette tape	novel
Idoru	1996-10-00	William Gibson	Viking UK	0-670-85778-5	£16.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	292	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Gary Marsh
Idoru	1997-00-00	William Gibson	Penguin Books	0-14-024107-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	292	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Gary Marsh
Idoru	1997-00-00	William Gibson	Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins	3-8077-0307-1		311	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Idoru	1997-03-00	William Gibson	Viking UK	0-670-85779-3	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	292	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Gary Marsh
Idoru	1997-05-00	William Gibson	Meulenhoff (M=SF #343)	90-290-5400-X		256	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Nico Keulers
Idoru	1997-09-00	William Gibson	Berkley Books	0-425-15864-0	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	383	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru	1998-00-00	Vilijem Gibson	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			245	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru	1999-00-00	William Gibson	Conrad Editora	85-87193-06-6	R$25.00^?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL	248	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru	1999-03-00	William Gibson	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6315)	3-453-15636-6	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	333	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	doManski
Idoru	1999-09-10	William Gibson	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #5346)	2-290-05346-5		347	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Antoine Poulain
Urania #1384 Supplement	2000-03-26	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1384 Supplement	Lit 7,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	mag	Alice Zen
Idoru	2000-07-00	William Gibson	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #13179)	3-453-17332-5	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	333	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Thomas Thiemeyer
Idoru	2002-00-00	William Gibson	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6436)	3-453-86328-3	€8.95^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	332	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Aidoru	2002-01-00	William Gibson	Mondadori (Piccola Biblioteca Oscar #274)	88-04-49996-6	€7.75^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	332	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Idoru	2003-01-00	William Gibson	Berkley Books	0-425-19045-5	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	308	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru	2003-08-00	William Gibson	Berkley Books		$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Honi Werner
Die Idoru-Trilogie	2011-05-00	William Gibson	Heyne	978-3-453-52673-0	€13.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	1055	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni
Idoru	2011-07-28	William Gibson	Penguin Books	978-0-241-95352-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	292	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	David Wilson
Idoru	2018-05-22	William Gibson	Tantor Audio		$21.49^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Idoru	2021-03-01	William Gibson	Tantor and Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-43826-6	$39.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
Idoru	2021-03-01	William Gibson	Tantor and Blackstone Publishing	979-8-200-43827-3	$39.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
Audiobook Collection	date unknown	William Gibson	MotionAudiobooks		$27.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	omni
Idoru	date unknown	William Gibson	Berkley Books	0-425-15864-0	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	383	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru	date unknown	William Gibson	Penguin Books	978-0-14-024107-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	292	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Victor Boullet
Idoru	date unknown	William Gibson	Berkley Books	0-425-15864-0	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	383	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Honi Werner
Idoru	date unknown	William Gibson	Tantor Audio	979-8-200-43825-9			audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel

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Reviews

Review by Russell Letson (1996) in Locus, #429 October 1996
Review by Gary K. Wolfe (1996) in Locus, #429 October 1996
Review by
Ariel Haméon^?Ariel Hameon
(1996) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1996
Review by Paul J. McAuley (1996) in Interzone, #114 December 1996
Review by Jay W. Babcock (1996) in Sci-Fi Universe #20, December 1996
Review by Charles de Lint (1997) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1997
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1997) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1997
Review by Ian Shutter (1997) in The Zone and Premonitions, Spring 1997
Review by L. J. Hurst (1997) in Vector 192
Review by Norman Spinrad (1997) in Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1997
Review by Julia Witwer (1997) in Science Fiction Eye, #15, Fall 1997
Review by Leon Olszewski (1997) in SF Site, Mid-December 1997, (1997)
Review by Brian Stableford (1997) in Foundation, #69 Spring 1997
Review by Joe Mayhew (1997) in Absolute Magnitude, Spring 1997
Review by Dwight Brown (1997) in Nova Express, Summer 1997
Review [French] by Marie-Laure Vauge (1999) in Galaxies, #15
Review by Colin Steele (2001) in SF Commentary, #77
Review by John Clute (2003) in Scores: Reviews 1993 - 2003 , reprinted in:
Scores: Reviews 1993 - 2003 (2016)

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