Laurens van den Broek reviewed Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Review of 'Burning Chrome' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Gibson never disappoints. Another cyberpunk gem!
audio cd
Published Sept. 1, 2013 by Brilliance Audio.
Burning Chrome collects Gibson's early short fiction from the late 70's and early 80's.
Contents: Preface / by Bruce Sterling -- Johnny Mnemonic -- The Gernsback continuum -- Fragments of a hologram rose -- The belonging kind / by John Shirley and William Gibson -- Hinterlands -- Red star, winter orbit / by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson -- New Rose Hotel -- The winter market -- Dogfight / by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson -- Burning chrome.
Gibson never disappoints. Another cyberpunk gem!
I hope this is what Metaverse will be.
This is the year of rereading William Gibson, though I read Neuromancer at the same time as a friend last year. Burning Chrome is a collection of stories, some loosely connected to Neuromancer (and the Sprawl setting). I quite enjoyed Burning Chrome and Johnny Mnemonic, both in the Sprawl. I didn't like the Gernsback Continuum. As a collection, I found this uneven.
It is perhaps telling that this anthology doesn't make it into the top half of anthologies I have read in the last ten years.