- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm); Mti edition (June 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671523007
- ISBN-13: 978-0671523008
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,443,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Based on the short story and screenplay by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson, Johnny Mnemonic takes readers into a desperate future where information is all that matters and everything else is cheap. Now a major motion picture starring Keanu Reeves.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Bad. Really, really bad., April 23 2002
By Michael K. Smith - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Johnny Mnemonic (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm generally a fan of Terry Bisson's work, especially his short stories ("Bears Discover Fire" is great), but this novel-based-on-a-movie-based-on-a-short-story is just embarrassing. The film was a mostly incoherent rendering of William Gibson's very good story (even though Gibson himself wrote the screenplay); I suspect Bill's stuff just doesn't translate well to the screen. This novelization (why bother?) has all the film's confusion and none of Gibson's trademark style and atmosphere. Worse, Bisson throws in some minor bits and pieces of his own invention. I couldn't get more than one-third into this before quitting in annoyance.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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BRILLIANT ADAPTATION, May 19 2000
By NoelCT - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Johnny Mnemonic (Mass Market Paperback)
When viewing the film, I always thought that Johnny Mnemonic could have been more. The script laid out a world as amazing and dark as BLADE RUNNER, but the film itself was a cheap piece of trash.With Terry Bisson's novelization, we can see the world missing from the film. Wonderful characters. Gritty surroundings. Cyberspace.
Bisson's prose is as rich as that of cyber-guru William Gibson (who wrote the screenplay). He even borrows a few frazes and slangs from Gibsons other works.
Don't see the movie, it'll be a waste of your time. But this book just might teach you somthing.
3.0 out of 5 stars
pretty good for a movie book, Mar 16 2010
By R. Bagula "Roger L. Bagula" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Johnny Mnemonic (Mass Market Paperback)
This movie sort of started a cyberpunk trendand has become an historical document.
The book expands on the short story like many of Philip K. Dick stories became movies
in the past:Blade Runner.
Hacking and the web have since become household words.
The movie and book are both sort of fantastic plastic in the future...
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