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William Gibson: Burning Chrome (Paperback, 2017, GOLLANCZ)

Burning Chrome collects Gibson's early short fiction from the late 70's and early 80's.

Mixed

As a collection of short stories it's difficult to give an overall review. I found it quite incohesive and I struggled to keep focus on it.

You can't dispute the atmosphere and formative themes of the cyberpunk genre. You can see the seeds of neuromancer, the matrix, and a few other more modern cyberpunk episodes. I'd suggest it for fans of the genre, but certainly not as an entry point or taster.

Johnny Mnemonic was probably my favourite - I didn't realise it had a film so I'm going to need to watch that now. It follows a data courier who stores sensitive information in his brain - you can probably guess how that goes.