false 22323 19 Ten brilliant, streetwise, high-resolution stories from the man who coined the word <i>cyberspace</i>. Gibson's vision has become a touchstone in the emerging order of the 21st Century, from the computer-enhanced hustlers of <i>Johnny Mnemonic</i> to the technofetishist blues of <i>Burning Chrome</i>. With their vividly human characters and their remorseless, hot-wired futures, these stories are simultaneously science fiction at its sharpest and instantly recognizable Polaroids of the postmodern condition. 2457086 1986 Burning Chrome total:2892|5:712|4:1224|3:825|2:127|1:4| 2892 11189 3528 113 4 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Oct 04 20:41:43 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 17:25:52 -0700 2007 Johnny Mnemonic (don't waste your time watching the movie - it's awful). While there's a lot of good work in the book, Johnny Mnemonic is really the show stopper, the tale of a 'mnemonic courrier'...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 20 08:12:57 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 07:44:30 -0700 2008
The movie trailer for Johnny Mnemonic was running at the time and I dug the concept. Wired said the movie was based on a short story from Burning Chrome. I remember deciding between the screenplay and the Johnny Mnemonic story combo book or the short story coll...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Oct 07 12:19:05 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 12:19:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 23 18:22:43 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:45:28 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 18:22:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 18:33:53 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 18:34:07 -0700 2009 Author: William Gibson
Review: July 19, 2009
Edition: 1987 printing
Pages: 191
Overall Rating: 3/5 [Average-Good:]
Synopsis: A collection of speculative cyberpunk short stories about how technology can impact culture.
Strengths: Unique (albeit extremely far-fetched) con...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 11:02:20 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:28:54 -0700 2009 http://www.fnordinc.com/2009/08-10/book-...

William Gibson's Burning Chrome, 1986

Public transit actually made this a more enjoyable read than I would otherwise think. It is not so much that the bumping and swerving of bus drivers, or the low pitched drone of a rail system enhan...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 05:03:17 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 05:15:41 -0700 2009
There are two absolute classic stories in this book. Jonny Neumonic, the story of a courier who carries data for clients in spare space in his head, defines the whole human technology interface aspect of Cyberpunk...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 01:25:49 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 01:28:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 12:24:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 09:10:27 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 12:24:56 -0800 2009
In general, I think short story may be the more appropr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 12:16:21 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 12:36:14 -0800 2009
Gibson can create cool universes (complete with street slang, dazzling c...more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Nov 17 20:34:26 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 20:44:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sat Nov 15 06:53:27 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 06:54:11 -0800 2008
If the novel is a sojourn in a foreign land, short stories are trips to the municipal park. Much of their provinciality is a function of length. Long-form fiction has the space to luxuriate in detail, dwelling on tertiary characters, describing each bit ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 26 08:54:56 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 08:55:13 -0700 2008 For the most part Sterling’s praise of Gibson is wel...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 04 13:07:41 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 13:08:58 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Wed Jun 27 09:02:26 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 05:12:33 -0700 2007 10+ Mirrorshades (edited by Bruce Sterling and you will have the definitive "cyberpunk" short story collection.

Burning Chrome is a solid representation of Gibson's early work ("the Sprawl period") and while its most often represented with re...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 22:53:44 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 22:03:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 15 10:01:22 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 10:04:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 11:44:57 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 10:57:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 19:41:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 19:56:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 17:38:29 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 09:36:11 -0700 2009 more...]]>