#burning chrome

[xinu1941-1966]

design：yukimasa OKUMURA 奥村 靫正

William Gibson book covers

Neuromancer / Burning Chrome /

Count Zero /Mona Lisa Overdrive

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[omercifulheaves]

Artwork for Yugoslavian releases of Neuromancer and Burning Crhome in Sirius magazine. Art by Igor Kordey

[mumblelard]

a foe survived is a foe vanquished or darkness drives out darkness

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[romanowork]

[vintagerpg]

The 1987 Ace softcover edition of William Gibson’s first short story collection, Burning Chrome. Cover by Rick Berry. I’m new to Gibson, having only previously read Neuromancer. I didn’t expect to enjoy this very much based on my reaction to the novel — it took me a while to get the flow of the novel, so I expected the short works to end just as I was settling into them. As ever, I was wrong!

The whole collection is pretty great. The Sprawl stories are all suitably Sprawly. I think I might enjoy the heist in the title story more than the similar heist that is central to Neuromancer. My favorite though is “Hinterlands,” about a rift in space, alien artifacts and the reduction of human culture to a cargo cult. Has Gibson written more about that setting? Because I definitely want to read more about it.

[selfiesforalgernon]

Signalis to Gibson Pipeline??

Ok so let's talk about this because I haven't seen it anywhere.. I just read Hinterlands by William Gibson and listen, Signalis wears it's inspirations on its sleeve, but Hinterlands's DNA is all over Signalis, am I wrong? Look at this shit: (also I know that gestalt is not just specific to these but the term combined with surrogates and space sets off bells to me)

It's also just a necessary read if you're a fan OF Signalis imo

[theblackestofsuns]

Burning Chrome (1986)

William Gibson

Ace Books

[thisworldisablackhole]

Burning Chrome by William Gibson - 4/5

Felt nice to revisit Gibson. Neuromancer was the book that got me back into reading and made me realize how much I love sci fi, and it feels like so long ago now that I wrapped up Mona Lisa Overdrive. I didn't know how interested I would be in reading a book of short stories, but when I saw this copy sitting on the book store shelves I couldn't say no (1987 print, way cooler than the newer versions).

I'm really glad I decided to pick this up. These stories contain some of Gibson's most imaginative writing, but also some of his most challenging. Just like his other books I've read, I found the best way to get through it was to not get caught up in the details. There is just a ton of psychedelic technobabble here that is really hard to follow or even imagine for anyone except Gibson himself. Considering how many times drugs are brought in these stories, I almost wonder if he was tripping when he wrote some of this (or maybe I'm just dumb). I mean, I had to read "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" twice and still have no fucking clue what happened. At least the short story format makes re-reading small sections a breeze, and there is plenty reward in doing so. Gibson is usually good at revealing concrete information toward the end of his stories, so going back to the start with that information can really shed a light on everything else.

"Johnny Mnemonic" and "Burning Chrome" were two of my favourites since I was already familiar with the Sprawl setting, and seeing some familiar characters make cameos was a nice touch. I also really connected with "The Winter Market" because it referenced a lot of actual locations around the city I live in. It was neat to be able to picture exactly where the characters were. Gibson's attempts at Soviet Space Propoganda was an odd surprise but also neat cause it reminded me a lot of Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin in the way that it was simultaneously depressing and absurdly comedic. I found the three collaborations stories in this book to be some of the most narratively coherent—probably the result of having someone else keep Gibson on the rails. All of these stories were good at something though, even if that something was just pure technologic hallucinations.

Despite all of the dense, flashy, and often nonsensical sci fi imagery, a lot of these stories are actually very sad—often leaving you with a stark image of addiction, alienation and loneliness. It made me realize just how much focus and impact a short story can have (and may have inspired me to try writing my own). Getting to really zoom in close on some of Gibson's character studies and strange thought experiments was a delight, even if it was sometimes hard to grasp. Highly recommended if you enjoyed the Sprawl trilogy. It made me really want to re-read Neuromancer and also check out some of the Bridge books.

[crownhate]

I honestly wasn’t super interested in reading this but how could I say no to this cover? This version was printed in 1987 and it just looks so cool. Feels good to be reading Gibson again.

[unorco]

The street finds its own uses for things.

William Gibson

Nothing to see here, run along

[johnnypneumonia]

thinking about ❤️her❤️ (the gernsback continuum)

[vforvalensa]

cyberpunk character working too hard, call that burning the chrome at both ends

[reckonslepoisson]

Burning Chrome, Macaroom (2024)

Burning Chrome is airy, liminal and features Macaroom’s most forthright attempts at pop thus far, though one misses when the project’s sound was more coherent, and thus more profound. Individual tracks here are pleasant enough, but the flashier pop is awkwardly subsumed into the overall vision.  

Pick: ‘geinin’

[catgirlasaservice]

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

[romanowork]

[isbergillustration]

Something something becoming a city