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Johnny Mnemonic Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1996

by William Gibson (Author)

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Johnny is a courier. He carries other people's memories, millions of them, downloaded into his brain... Working out of Beijing, he is hired to carry a package to the States. The hundreds of gigabytes stashed in his head are far beyond his capacity, but as long as he gets downloaded quickly they won't do him any permanent harm...

But headaches are the least of Johnny's problems. The Americans aren't the only ones who want the data. The Yakuza are after Johnny too. Not all of him, though. All they need is his cryogenically frozen head...

In Johnny Mnemonic, the science-fiction guru of our age brings his acid-drenched tale of the near future to the screen for the first time. Containing William Gibson's original short story, his full script and exclusive stills from the film, this classic of the cyberpunk era expresses the unique vision of the author who was the first to see his way into tomorrow...

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Collins; First Edition (January 1, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 000224618X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0002246187
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.03 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.26 x 0.51 x 9.45 inches

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Terry Bisson

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Formerly ('75-'02) a Kentuckian living in New York,

currently a New Yorker living in California.

Known mostly for SF short stories (Hugo, Nebula awards),

also writes novels, screenplays, comics and non-fiction.

Biographer of Mumia Abu Jamal. Former automechanic,

wrote CAR TALK with 'Click and Clack'. Produced and

edited NO FRILLS Books back in '80s. Completed ST

LEIBOWITZ AND THE WILD HORSE WOMAN for Walter M Miller

estate. Lives in Oakland. Rides a KLR650.

Hosts monthly author reading series in San Francisco (SFinSF).

Edits 'Outspoken Author' series for PM Books.

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Superb voice actor, great story, but needs an update to a cd or Mp3 formatting

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2016

Got this at the library back in the day and would borrow it over and over again. I loved the voice actor in here and he did a wonderful job with the female and male voices. Superbly done. Just wondered when it will become something more than a cassette, because who has those anymore?

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NoelCT

BRILLIANT ADAPTATION

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2000

When viewing the film, I always thought that Johnny Mnemonic could have been more. The script laid out a world as amazing and dark as BLADE RUNNER, but the film itself was a cheap piece of trash.
With Terry Bisson's novelization, we can see the world missing from the film. Wonderful characters. Gritty surroundings. Cyberspace.
Bisson's prose is as rich as that of cyber-guru William Gibson (who wrote the screenplay). He even borrows a few frazes and slangs from Gibsons other works.
Don't see the movie, it'll be a waste of your time. But this book just might teach you somthing.

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hermit

johnny mnemonic a bit anemic

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2014

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I read the original short story for Johnny Mnemonic written by William Gibson and found that to be better than the movie novelization which strangely is not written by Gibson. If you have watched the movie no need to read the novelization it doesn't add anything. I do believe it would have been better had it been written by William Gibson expanding on his original short story which was darker and portrayed a more bleak future. The movie novelization is ok if you are bored with nothing else readily available to read but if you have a copy of the movie best to go that route.

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Perkies

You get what you pay for...

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2013

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Read carefully..."Mass Market Paperback" don't expect any picture on the cover and any proper binding. It served the purpose for my school assignment since I could not get a copy at the local library. So, it has now come apart after reading, loose leaves like a pack of cards, just to be thrown in the trash. I guess books are really going out of style.

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Ugly Mule

Decent Short Story

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2011

I kind of liked it but then I tend to like offbeat, quirky stories.
I hated the movie but then I'm not a big Keaneu Reeves fan.

If you pay more than $0.99 for this book you'll probably feel cheated.

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Michael K. Smith

Bad. Really, really bad.

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2002

I'm generally a fan of Terry Bisson's work, especially his short stories ("Bears Discover Fire" is great), but this novel-based-on-a-movie-based-on-a-short-story is just embarrassing. The film was a mostly incoherent rendering of William Gibson's very good story (even though Gibson himself wrote the screenplay); I suspect Bill's stuff just doesn't translate well to the screen. This novelization (why bother?) has all the film's confusion and none of Gibson's trademark style and atmosphere. Worse, Bisson throws in some minor bits and pieces of his own invention. I couldn't get more than one-third into this before quitting in annoyance.

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Roger Bagula

pretty good for a movie book

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2010

This movie sort of started a cyberpunk trend
and has become an historical document.
The book expands on the short story like many of Philip K. Dick stories became movies
in the past: Blade Runner .
Hacking and the web have since become household words.
The movie and book are both sort of fantastic plastic in the future...

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Scott Mullen

interesting

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2002

This was interesting, although I really rather liked the anthology "burning chrome" better (includes the short story.) I thought the screenplay was interesting because I really enjoyed the short story, and was curious to see how such a good short story became such a wretched movie. One item of note was the "rant" of "spider" (henry rollins) that seemed to have been lifted from dennis leary.

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