Johnny Mnemonic: Film Novelization
SCIENCE FICTION-JOHNNY'S A SLICK 21ST CENTURY HUSTLER WITH A LOT UPSTAIRS-AND ALL OF IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW.A WETWIRED COURIER WITH A 320 GIGABYTE DATA STORAGE CHIP EMBEDDED IN HIS BRAIN,HE SMUGGLES INFORMATION FOR A LIVING,AND HE ISN'T PARTICULAR WHERE IT COMES FROM.BUT WITH THIS LATEST JOB,HIS...
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SCIENCE FICTION-JOHNNY'S A SLICK 21ST CENTURY HUSTLER WITH A LOT UPSTAIRS-AND ALL OF IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW.A WETWIRED COURIER WITH A 320 GIGABYTE DATA STORAGE CHIP EMBEDDED IN HIS BRAIN,HE SMUGGLES INFORMATION FOR A LIVING,AND HE ISN'T PARTICULAR WHERE IT COMES FROM.BUT WITH THIS LATEST JOB,HIS LUCRATIVE MEMORY HAS GIVEN WAY TO A MAJOR HEADACHE.THE INFORMATION HE'S CARRYING IS HOT-STOLEN FROM A POWERFUL COMPANY,THAT WANTS IT BACK IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.DATA OVERLOAD IS ABOUT TO CRASH HIM PERMANENTLY.THE DOWNLOAD CODE IS MISSING,HIS EMPLOYERS ARE DEAD,AND THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN HIM AND AN ARMY OF HIGH-TECH YAKUZA THUGS-NOTHING BUT HIS STREET SMARTS AND A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH A BAD ATTITUDE AND A HARDWIRED TASTE FOR MAYHEM.
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ISBN:
9780006480464 (0006480462)
Edition language: English
The beginnings of cyberpunk.I must have read more times this story. Its plot doesn't matter, it's all about the specifics of the characters and the world: the (post)apocalyptic embedding of technological or biological artifacts into the human or animal bodies.Recommended for cyberpunk fans or anyone...