Burning Chrome (short story collection)
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Author | William Gibson |
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Cover artist | Rich O'Donnell |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Arbor House |
Publication date | 1986 |
ISBN | 978-0-06-053982-5 |
Burning Chrome (1986) is a collection of short stories written by William Gibson.[1][2] Most of the stories take place in Gibson's Sprawl, a shared setting for most of his early cyberpunk work. Many of the ideas and themes explored in the short stories were later revisited in Gibson's popular Sprawl trilogy.[3]
Contents[]
Burning Chrome includes:
Title | Co-author | Original publication date | Original publication |
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Johnny Mnemonic | May 1981 | Omni | |
The Gernsback Continuum | 1981 | Universe 11 | |
Fragments of a Hologram Rose | 1976/1977 | ||
The Belonging Kind | John Shirley | 1981 | Shadows 4 |
Hinterlands | October 1981 | Omni | |
Red Star, Winter Orbit | Bruce Sterling | July 1983 | Omni |
New Rose Hotel | July 1984 | Omni | |
The Winter Market | April 1986 | Vancouver Magazine | |
Dogfight | Michael Swanwick | July 1985 | Omni |
Burning Chrome | July 1982 | Omni |
Reception[]
Dave Langford reviewed Burning Chrome for White Dwarf #83, and stated that "the fine title piece's hair-raising cyberspace jaunt is echoed all too closely in Neuromancer. Still, l like the story: it's that one about the young punks who get hold of a .45 and try the big heist, only Gibson's punks are computer jockeys and the .45 is a Russian military killer program."[4]
J. Michael Caparula reviewed Burning Chrome in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 82. Caparula commented that "This is vital reading; harsh, gritty, complex, visionary."[5]
References[]
- ^ Snead, Elizabeth (September 2, 1993). "William Gibson's cy-fi reality // His future is closer than you think". USA TODAY. p. 01.D.
- ^ Gibson, William. Burning Chrome. ISBN 978-0-06-053982-5.
- ^ McCaffery, Larry (1991). "An Interview with William Gibson". Storming the Reality Studio Storming the Reality Studio: a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. pp. 263–285. ISBN 978-0-8223-1168-3. OCLC 23384573. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ Langford, Dave (November 1986). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (83): 8.
- ^ Caparula, J. Michael (July–August 1988). "Book Reports". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer. Diverse Talents, Incorporated (82): 47–48.
- Sprawl trilogy
- 1986 short story collections
- Science fiction short story collections
- Cyberpunk short stories
- Single-writer short story collections
- Arbor House books
- 1980s science fiction short story collection stubs