Burning Chrome (short story collection)

1986 collection of short stories by William Gibson

Burning Chrome

Author| William Gibson
Cover artist| Rich O'Donnell
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction
Publisher| Arbor House

Publication date

| April, 1986
Publication place| United States
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[edit]

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  | Unearth
"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[edit]

Dave Langford reviewed Burning Chrome for White Dwarf #83, and stated that "this was a collection which had to appear - even if three collaborations and an over-arty first published story are needed to fill it out. They're strong, punchy tales which his glittering 'technosleaze' trademark: some are obvious precursors of the novels, and the fine title piece's hair-raising cyberspace jaunt is echoed all too closely in Neuromancer."[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[edit]

1. ^ Snead, Elizabeth (September 2, 1993). "William Gibson's cy-fi reality // His future is closer than you think". USA TODAY. p. 01.D.
2. ^ Gibson, William (29 July 2003). Burning Chrome. ISBN 978-0-06-053982-5.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Langford, Dave (November 1986). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf (83). Games Workshop: 8.
5. ^ Caparula, J. Michael (July–August 1988). "Book Reports". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (82). Diverse Talents, Incorporated: 47–48.

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William Gibson

* List of works
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Novels|

| Sprawl trilogy|

* Neuromancer (1984)
* Count Zero (1986)
* Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)

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Bridge trilogy|

* Virtual Light (1993)
* Idoru (1996)
* All Tomorrow's Parties (1999)

Blue Ant trilogy|

* Pattern Recognition (2003)
* Spook Country (2007)
* Zero History (2010)

Jackpot series|

* The Peripheral (2014)
* Agency (2020)

Other|

* The Difference Engine (with Bruce Sterling) (1990)
* Archangel (2016)

Short stories|

* "Fragments of a Hologram Rose"
* "Johnny Mnemonic"
* "The Gernsback Continuum"
* "Hinterlands"
* "New Rose Hotel"
* "The Belonging Kind"
* "Burning Chrome"
* "Red Star, Winter Orbit"
* "The Winter Market"
* "Dogfight"
* "Skinner's Room"
* Burning Chrome collection

Nonfiction|

* Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)
* "Disneyland with the Death Penalty"
* No Maps for These Territories
* Distrust That Particular Flavor

Television|

* "Kill Switch"
* "First Person Shooter"

Characters|

* Molly Millions
* Bobby Newmark
* Rei Toei
* Cayce Pollard
* Hubertus Bigend

Story elements|

* Cyberspace
* Megacorporation
* Locative art
* Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics
* Raygun Gothic

Derivative works|

* Neuromancer video game
* Johnny Mnemonic film
* New Rose Hotel film
* Node Magazine
* William Gibson: A Literary Companion
* The Peripheral TV series

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