"All Tomorrow's [Simulations]"

Rei Toei, a character from William Gibson's novel, "All Tomorrow's Parties", can be described as a simulation. She is something that pretends to be or represents something else, which is a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, Rei Toei is completely false and only represented through a simulation, for example the silver canister Laney gives to Rydell creates this depiction of Rei Toei. Simulations are also a construct that can be recognized throughout the novel. Silencio, with his headset that connects him to a field of data, allows him to enter a simulation of an individual’s safety deposit box and its inner contents. Also, the Lucky Dragon, with its mass of television screens that connect it to Lucky Dragons world wide, creates a simulation of a different place/country, just by watching these screens. Another representation of a simulation would be when Rydell and Laney enter the field of code and visit abstract beings, such as the Rooster. They are actually conversing with simulations of code that represent the real, not an actual real human form.

"All Tomorrow's Parties", really emphasized the combination of the real with the false. Since technology has taken over, and everyone in this novel is driven by it, they have lost site of what is true and replaced it with false simulations of things that used to be real. Basically, truth is lost in a sea of endless data that produces simulations that are false representations of the truth. As you can see, this is how Gibson combines fiction, or false simulations, and truth.