Fragments of a Hologram Rose

Fragments of a Hologram Rose
Fragments of a Hologram Rose
by William Gibson
	Cover of a French collection of Gibson's short stories, with "Fragments" as the title story
Country	Canada
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Published in	, Burning Chrome
Publication type	Periodical
Media type	Print (magazine)
Publication date	1977
Followed by	"Johnny Mnemonic"

"Fragments of a Hologram Rose" is a science fiction short story by William Gibson. It was Gibson's first published work, originally appearing in 1977 in , a short-lived science fiction collection magazine which retailed for $1.00; Gibson was paid $27 for the story.^[1] It tells the story of a jilted ex-lover who relies on artificial sense-recordings to sleep, in a dark, polluted city. It was subsequently published in Burning Chrome, an anthology of Gibson's early short fiction.

References[]

^ Chollet, Laurence B. (Sep 12, 1993). "William Gibson's Second Sight In Meetings of Man and Machine, Ecstacy and Dread, the Cyberpunk Guru Divines the Future". The Los Angeles Times. p. 34.

External links[]

"Fragments of a Hologram Rose" at the William Gibson Aleph

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[1] Chollet, Laurence B. (Sep 12, 1993). "William Gibson's Second Sight In Meetings of Man and Machine, Ecstacy and Dread, the Cyberpunk Guru Divines the Future". The Los Angeles Times. p. 34.

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