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Gibson burning chrome6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The consuming nature of technology in our lives being lost in the technology. According to their quite extensive analysis, the main themes are: Within it gun the engines of Neuromancer.įurther discussion of Burning Chrime can be found on Literature in a Wired World Wikia, specifically "Literary Analysis" section. In it, Gibson confirms explicitly the precursorship to Neuromancer: His characters are straight out of a hard-boiled novel, haunted by wars held. In 2002, Gibson published an "author's essay" on Harper Collins website ( Dead link), titled "William Gibson on Burning Chrome: SOURCE CODE". The title story, 'Burning Chrome,' is a tiny and perfect encapsulation of everything wonderful about 1980s Gibson. While we can agree or argue with Olsen's interpretation, we can always listen to what the man himself said. The main theme of the story is, according to Olsen, " betrayal, violation, and manipulation" (which I fully agree with, having read it). The story heroes and setting and ideas are prototypes for later work - Olsen calls it a "blueprint" for Neuromancer. The story - like some others in the Burning Chrome collection, but even more pronounced - sets the stage for his Matrix trilogy (especially Neuromancer etc.). First of all, we can learn what the point was from 1992 "burning chrome" essay/review by Lance Olsen. ![]()
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