"Johnny Mnemonic"

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Title	"Johnny Mnemonic"
Year for Search	1981
Authors	Gibson, William [Ford](b. 1948)
Secondary Title	Omni
Volume / Edition	3.8
Pagination	56-58, 60-63, 98-99
Date Published	May 1981
Keywords	Canadian author, Male author, US author
Annotation	Early cyberpunk dystopia. See 1995 Bisson for a novel based on the story.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. in The Best of Omni No. 6 (New York: Omni Publications, 1983), 16-22; The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction. Ed. Ellen [Sue] Datlow (New York: Zebra Books, nd), 355-79; in his Burning Chrome (London: Victor Gollancz, 1986), 6-27. Rpt. London: Grafton, 1988), 14-36. U.S. ed. (New York: Arbor House, 1987), 6-27; and in Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution and Evolution. Ed. Victoria Blake (Portland, OR: Underhand Press, 2013), 015-032.
Info Notes	A film was made in 1995 directed by Robert Longo (b. 1953) with the screenplay by Gibson. The screenplay together with the original story was published as Johnny Mnemonic. New York: Ace Books, 1995. See 1995 Bisson for a novel based on the story.
Holding Institutions	Can, MoU-St, PSt
Author Note	The author (b. 1948) was born in the U.S. and moved to Canada in 1967.
Full Text	1981 Gibson, William [Ford] (b. 1948). “Johnny Mnemonic.” Omni 3.8 (May 1981): 56-58, 60-63, 98-99. Rpt. in The Best of Omni No. 6 (New York: Omni Publications, 1983), 16-22; The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction. Ed. Ellen [Sue] Datlow (New York: Zebra Books, nd), 355-79; in his Burning Chrome (London: Victor Gollancz, 1986), 6-27. Rpt. London: Grafton, 1988), 14-36. U.S. ed. (New York: Arbor House, 1987), 6-27; and in Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution and Evolution. Ed. Victoria Blake (Portland, OR: Underhand Press, 2013), 015-032. A film was made in 1995 directed by Robert Longo (b. 1953) with the screenplay by Gibson. The screenplay together with the original story was published as Johnny Mnemonic. New York: Ace Books, 1995. Can, MoU-St, PSt Early cyberpunk dystopia. See 1995 Bisson for a novel based on the story. The author was born in the U.S. and moved to Canada in 1967.