# Quote — William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive

> "The folklore of console jockeys, Continuity. What do you know about…'When It Changed'?"
>
> "The mythform is usually encountered in one of two modes. One mode assumes that the cyberspace matrix is inhabited, or perhaps visited, by entities whose characteristics correspond with the primary mythform of a 'hidden people.' The other involves assumptions of omniscience, omnipotence, and incomprehensibility on the part of the matrix itself."

- Author: [William Gibson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson.md)
- Book: [Mona Lisa Overdrive](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/mona-lisa-overdrive.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sprawl_trilogy#Mona_Lisa_Overdrive_(1988)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/mona-lisa-overdrive/the-folklore-of-console

## More from this book

> Kumiko looked into Colin's transparent green eyes…"What are you?"
>
> "A Maas-Neotek biochip personality-base programmed to aid and advise the Japanese visitor in the United Kingdom." He winked at her.
>
> "Why did you wink?"
>
> The ghost touched his lips with a slim forefinger. "I'm something else as well, yes. I do display a bit too much initiative for a mere guide program. I can't tell you exactly what I am, though, because I don't know."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/mona-lisa-overdrive/kumiko-looked-into.md)

> Petal called the city Smoke.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/mona-lisa-overdrive/petal-called-the.md)

> In cyberspace, Kumiko noted, there are no shadows.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-gibson/mona-lisa-overdrive/in-cyberspace-kumiko.md)