Johnny Mnemonic
- 164
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
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About the book
"Johnny Mnemonic" is a Cyberpunk short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It first appeared in Omni magazine in May 1981, and was subsequently included in Burning Chrome, a 1986 collection of Gibson's short fiction. It takes place in the world of Gibson's cyberpunk novels, predating them by some years, and introduces the character Molly Millions, who plays a prominent role in the Sprawl trilogy of novels. It was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1982.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 74 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 6 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 68 | 92% |
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How long is Johnny Mnemonic?
It has 164 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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