Bridge trilogy

[citation needed] Characters in each novel interact in a cyberspace construct of Kowloon Walled City, which is initially described as an inverted kill file.

[citation needed] The walled city shares a number of features with the bridge itself, including an emphasis on self-governance and efficiency in user-construction.

Researcher Colin Laney, who has a mysterious ability to identify patterns in vast tracts of information, appears in Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties.

Other recurring characters include Rei Toei, an AI pop star, and Shinya Yamazaki, an existential sociologist.

Canadian Poet Douglas Barbour said of the trilogy that it "has all the stylistic verve of his earlier work, but it asks some tougher questions, explores character more deeply, and savagely interrogates our star-obsessed society.