ISBN 0-441-08934-8 (US pbk),,, 0-586-07461-9 (UK pbk)

Preface by Bruce Sterling;

"Johnny Mnemonic" by William Gibson
(Gibson's 1st cyberpunk story...made into a major motion picture starring Keanu Reeves as Johnny, 1995... see links below),

"The Gernsback Continuum" by William Gibson
(William Gibson's first professional publication, originally published in Universe 11, 1981... also contained in: Mirrorshades ... made into a brief TV film, Tomorrow Calling in the UK, shown on Channel 4, 1995, starring: Sarah Stockbridge, Toyah Wilcox, Don Henderson),

"Fragments of a Hologram Rose" by William Gibson,

"The Belonging Kind" by John Shirley and William Gibson,

"Hinterlands" by William Gibson,

"Red Star, Winter Orbit" by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
(also contained in the anthology Mirrorshades edited by Bruce Sterling),

"New Rose Hotel" by William Gibson
(originally published in Omni , 19??... plans have been brewing for over 7 years to turn this story into a major motion picture),

"The Winter Market" by William Gibson
(originally published in ?, 1986),

"Dogfight" by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
(originally published in Omni , 1985... also contained in the anthology Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality edited by Karie Jacobson, 1993),

"Burning Chrome" by William Gibson.

"Included here are Gibson's most famous short fiction and novellas. Gibson's dark visions of computer cowboys, bio-enhanced soldiers of fortune, and hi-tech low lifes have won unprecedented praise." [book promo]

"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes hi-tech electric poetry." -- Bruce Sterling.

"Not many SF people read short stories, but definitely make an exception in this case. Gibson's short pieces are great fun and very thought-provoking.

"Well worth the reading". --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).

Hardcore cyberpunk.
Highly recommended.

[In 1995, Robert Longo turned Gibson's short story "Johnny Mnemonic" into a $30-million film. There are many articles, interviews and reviews surrounding the cinema release... among them: 'William Gibson Interview' by Giuseppe Salza, conducted in Cannes, France, May 1994 [complete text online]; 'Johnny Mnemonic -- Keanu Reeves goes cyberpunk in William Gibson's bleak future' by Anthony P.Montesano in Cinefantastique , February 1995; 'Johnny Mnemonic -- Cyberpunk William Gibson gets the Hollywood treatment' by Anthony P.Montesano and 'Mnemonic Design --Production designer Nilo Rodis on realizing Gibson's future' by Anthony P.Montesano in Cinefantastique , April 1995; 'Remembering Johnny' by Rogier van Bakel, and 'Notes on a Process' by William Gibson in Wired , June 1995. Also see: 'New Rose Hotel' by Anthony P.Montesano in Cinefantastique , April 1995.]

Johnny Mnemonic by Terry Bisson
(June 1995, novel... the novelization of the movie)

Johnny Mnemonic: The Screenplay and the Story by William Gibson
(June 1995, screenplay, short story... contains the original short story and the expanded screenplay for the movie)

Burning Chrome review
(brief book review... but no hypertext links)

Johnny Mnemonic
(an external website about the feature film based on Gibson's short story)

Heeeeere's Johnny!
("Johnny Mnemonic"...a commercial site featuring film-related info and product spin-offs... uncertain if still active)

Two Readings from The Difference Engine
(this page contains two excerpts from The Difference Engine : "Lady Ada's Speech on the Modus Program" and "The Grindwell Necropolis"... plus an excerpt from "The Gernsback Continuum")

William Gibson
(site maintained by Sammi Nieminen... e-mail: thefinn@ee.oulu.fi, address uncertan

William Gibson Homepage
(maintained by Michaela Drapes, e-mail: oleanna@mail.utexas.edu)

William Gibson's Yardshow
(officially sanctioned homepage... slow loading...
*note: this link takes you to the new address... here's the old URL.)