William Gibson

  • JOHNNY MNEMONIC: The Screenplay and the Story
hbk: none
pbk: Ace, (New York) US, June 1995

ISBN 0-441-00234-X (US pbk)

screenplay, short story, science fiction, film, cyberpunk

Illustrated with photos from the film.


"He's not transporting drugs or jewels. He's moving information. The computer chip in his head is overloaded with white-hot data. He has twenty-four hours before the overload fries his brain -- and he's got an army of Yakuza killers on his trail.

"And his only allies are a cybernetic dolphin and a sexy streetfighter with a hardwired taste for violence...

"In 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer -- winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K.Dick Awards -- introduced the concept of cyberspace to the world -- and revolutionized the way we look at the future. Rolling Stone labeled him 'science fiction's hottest author' -- and in the years since, his incomparably inventive body of work has made his name synonymous with 'visionary'. Now for the first time, Gibson's corrupt, computer-driven future is brought to the screen in Johnny Mnemonic -- based on a story previously published in Gibson's highly praised collection, Burning Chrome .

"This book, illustrated with exclusive photographs, contains the full text of William Gibson's exciting original screenplay -- and the short story that inspired it." [jacket blurb, US pbk, June 1995]

*note: In 1995, Robert Longo turned Gibson's "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 (the complete text of this very informative interview is available on the Internet); '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.




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Of Related Interest

  • CyberCulture
  • Cyberpunk
  • Future
  • Neurologic / Consciousness / Mind Control
  • Postmodern
  • Science Fiction
  • Slipstream
  • Virtual Reality / Cyberspace

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