Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson. I put the shotgun in an Adidas bag and padded it out with four pairs of tennis socks, not my style at all, but that was what I was aiming for: If they think you’re crude, go technical; if they think you’re technical, go crude. I’m a very technical boy. If Hollywood heeds its call, Johnny Mnemonic, the movie, may inspire a new maturity in cinematic sf. Gibson's seminal short story, "Johnny Mnemonic," introduced his now familiar cyberpunk universe (later popularized by the huge success of his first novel, Neuromancer, which itself is now in film production) and thus gave rise to a new subgenre that is still sf's leading edge. This book includes the screenplay, /5(21). Johnny packs a gun that he made bullets for himself into a bag. He tries to get to the Drome without being seen. He is trying to get close to Ralfi Face without the latter noticing. Ralfi has been evading Johnny, because the former owes Johnny money for a service Johnny provides- storing information he has no access to, retrievable only by Ralfi.
It's been four decades since William Gibson's short story "Johnny Mnemonic" appeared in the May issue of Omni magazine. He'd already published a couple of pieces, but "Johnny" was a landmark feat of fiction: in a matter of eight magazine pages, Gibson roughed out the contours of an entire world. Johnny Mnemonic was released in , to deservedly disastrous reviews, and Gibson returned to his desk, where he filled his next two novels, Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties, with acidly. Johnny, a mnemonic data courier, is hired to carry gigabytes of crucial information to safety from the Pharmacom corporation. Pursued by Yakuza agents and a crazed cyborg, Johnny must deliver the data or die in twenty-four hours.
If Hollywood heeds its call, Johnny Mnemonic, the movie, may inspire a new maturity in cinematic sf. Gibson's seminal short story, "Johnny Mnemonic," introduced his now familiar cyberpunk universe (later popularized by the huge success of his first novel, Neuromancer, which itself is now in film production) and thus gave rise to a new subgenre that is still sf's leading edge. This book includes the screenplay, illustrated with stills from the movie, and the original short story. Johnny is a mnemonic courier, who has a data storage device implanted in his head, so he is able to carry around large gigabytes of information not safe enough to upload into cyberspace (the internet). The pirate broadcaster's front was a failing travel agency in a pastel cube that boasted a desk, three chairs, and a faded poster of a Swiss orbital spa. A pair of toy birds with blown-glass bodies and tin legs were sipping monotonously from a Styrofoam cup of water on the ledge beside Molly's shoulder.
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