Episode 15 - Mona Lisa Overdrive Part 1

This week we tackle the first half (ish) of the final novel in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy: Mona Lisa Overdrive.  Mona is a down on her luck teenage prostitute looking to get out of her awful insect-infested life in Florida.  On the opposite end of the spectrum, Angela is the hottest sim star on the screen (?).  Kumiko is the daughter of a Yakuza boss, exiled to London while her father fights a gang war, and Slick Henry is an ex con with a special kind of PTSD, and a knack for building battle bots.  What do these characters have to do with each other?  Well, if you have 4 hours or so, we would be happy to tell you about it, starting with Part 1.

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