Best-known for his seminal sf novel NEUROMANCER,William Gibson is also a master of short fiction. Tautly-written andsuspenseful,BURNING CHROME collects 10 of his best shortstories with a preface from Bruce Sterling,co-Cyberpunk and editor of the seminal anthology MIRRORSHADES. These brilliant,high-resolution stories showGibson's characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best. Contains'Johnny Mnemonic'(filmed starring Keanu Reeves) and title story'Burning Chrome'- both nominated for the Nebula Award - as well as the Hugo-and-Nebula-nominated stories'Dogfight'and'The Winter Market'.
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Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781473217447Number of pages: 224Weight: 210 gDimensions: 198 x 157 x 18 mm
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A fistful of fast,challenging,hot-wired short stories - New Musical Express
Furiously inventive,brilliantly written,the cutting edge of SF - GuardianAt once a lament and a critique,these stories show the way SF is beingrewired. Gibson,his finger jitteringly on the fast-forward button,shows the direction in which our literature might be headed - The TimesSome subversives are still at work proving that SF can pack itsstrongest blows into its shortest works...He's at his best dealing withthe victims of the new,the people burnt out by drugs,computers,hugecorporations or the strangeness of space - Fiction MagazineWilliam Gibson
One of the most creative and consistently acclaimed writers of modern speculative and science fiction and a pioneering proponent of cyberpunk,American-Canadian author William Gibson's novels include Neuromancer,Zero History and The Peripheral. His most recent novel is Agency,published in 2020.
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