Count Zero Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 31, Voices, Chapter 32, and Chapter 33, Wrack and Whirl Summary

Chapter 31, Voices, Chapter 32, Count Zero, and Chapter 33, Wrack and Whirl Summary

In chapter thirty-one, Jones tells Marly he's going to go find Wig, to make sure he doesn't get hurt. Marly stays and watches the mechanical manipulators making a box. Marly takes her brand new designer jacket off, and it floats into range of the sensors. The machine takes it and clips off neat rectangles. Marly laughs and says she's honored. Then she begins to hear voices. She talks to the AI, who Wig calls God. The AI says there are others, the so-called gods that make deals with men. The AI says that Virek cannot gain what he thinks he can. He could only become like the least of the gods. After the voices are gone, Marly thinks about the original artist, who put the manipulating arms here and the objects they use for creation. Then Paco's voice comes over the communication system. Wig is not letting him in, and...
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