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Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson

First published May 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Neuromancer / Sprawl Trilogy

Synopsis

A man who rents out his enhanced memory capacity as an information courier becomes the target of the Yakuza for whatever his current contents are, and is befriended by a young woman with enhanced fighting skills and her friends who help him survive.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1982 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (46)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1981 Omni, May 1981 Omni Publications International Ltd. MAGAZINE 56
August 1983 Nebula Award Stories Seventeen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 88
August 1983 The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 6 Omni Publications International Ltd. Anthology 16
January 1984 The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 355
January 1984 The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction General Paperbacks Anthology 355
June 1985 Nebula Award Stories 17 Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 88
April 1986 Burning Chrome Arbor House Collection 6
August 1986 Burning Chrome Gollancz Collection
October 1987 Burning Chrome Ace Books Collection 1
April 1988 Burning Chrome Grafton Collection 14
1989 Burning Chrome Grafton Collection 14
1990 Burning Chrome Grafton Collection 14
August 1991 Burning Chrome Ace Books Collection 1
1993 Burning Chrome HarperCollins (UK) Collection 14
July 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor Anthology 904
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orbit Anthology 904
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor / SFBC Anthology 904
1995 Burning Chrome Voyager / HarperCollins Collection 14
1995 Johnny Mnemonic HarperCollins (UK) Collection
June 1995 Johnny Mnemonic Ace Books Collection 145
June 1995 Johnny Mnemonic Audioworks / Simon & Schuster Collection
February 1996 Johnny Mnemonic HarperCollins (UK) Collection
February 1996 Johnny Mnemonic HarperCollins (UK) Collection
December 1996 Literacy, Technology, and Society: Confronting the Issues Prentice-Hall Anthology 111
June 1997 Cyber-Killers Millennium / Orion Anthology 341
June 1997 Cyber-Killers Millennium / Orion Anthology 341
September 1997 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orb Anthology 904
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor Anthology 939
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor / BOMC Anthology 939
May 1998 Cyber-Killers Orion Anthology 451
May 1998 The Science Fiction Century Quality Paperback Book Club Anthology 939
September 1998 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 206
June 2000 Burning Chrome Voyager / HarperCollins Collection
July 2003 Burning Chrome Eos / HarperCollins Collection
October 2003 Burning Chrome Ace Books Collection 1
March 2004 Cyberfilms ibooks Anthology 189
October 2006 The Science Fiction Century, Volume Two Orb Anthology 442
June 2008 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 191
April 2011 Burning Chrome HarperCollins e-books Collection
March 2013 Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution and Evolution Underland Press Anthology 15
April 2014 Burning Chrome Harper Voyager Collection
February 2017 Burning Chrome Gateway / Orion Collection
February 2017 Burning Chrome Gollancz Collection 5
July 2019 Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution, and Evolution Underland Press Anthology 15
2020 Burning Chrome Subterranean Press Collection
2020 Burning Chrome Subterranean Press Collection