William Gibson: Vernetzt (German language, 1996, Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins)
231 pages
German language
Published March 17, 1996 by Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins.
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.
