Reading order · 3 books · 1993 to 1999 · Set in San Francisco
Bridge Books in Order
The Bridge books are set in a near-future California, where people live on the abandoned Bay Bridge in San Francisco.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1993 to 1999
- First book
- Virtual Light
- Latest
- All Tomorrow's Parties (1999)
- Setting
- Set in San Francisco
The reading order
Every Bridge book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in San Francisco
- 1Virtual Light1993With Berry Rydell and Chevette WashingtonIn near-future San Francisco, a bike messenger, Chevette Washington, steals a pair of strange glasses, and Berry Rydell, a former cop working security, is sent to get them back.Buy on Amazon
- 2Idoru1996With Colin LaneyColin Laney, who can see patterns in data, is hired to find out why a famous rock star wants to marry a virtual idol in Tokyo.Buy on Amazon
- 3All Tomorrow's Parties1999Colin Laney, who can see the patterns hidden in data, senses that the world is about to change, and sends Berry Rydell to San Francisco’s ruined Bay Bridge, where everything will converge.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Virtual Light, Idoru and All Tomorrow’s Parties in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Berry Rydell | Chevette Washington | Colin Laney |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Virtual Light | LLead | LLead | |
| 2 Idoru | LLead | ||
| 3 All Tomorrow's Parties | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Bridge books
3 characters from William Gibson’s chart, with the number of Bridge books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Berry RydellFormer cop turned security man | 2 | Virtual Light 1993 |
| Chevette WashingtonBike messenger | 2 | Virtual Light 1993 |
| Colin LaneyMan who sees patterns in data | 2 | Idoru 1996 |