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Bill Gibson bears a striking resemblance to Elvis Costello, but is much taller; like Costello, he is seen by his supporters as working right at the artistic edge, a position they deem virtuous in and of itself. As of 1982, his already formidable reputation was based on exactly two stories, „Burning Chrome,” and „Johnny Mnemonic,” both published in Omni. (He’d written a few other stories, mostly minor, but they brought him little attention—though no opprobrium either.) Sooner or later he would have to write a novel, and there was a certain tension to the question of whether he could carry the magic over into the greater and more demanding length.

Michael Swanwick A User’s Guide to the Postmoderns címú 1986-os írása a cyberpunk írók lassú befutásáról csak az Internet Archive-ból érhető el, mert a szerző csak egy évre adta oda a cikket az SF Revunek 2003-ban. Szerencsénkre az internet valamennyire mégis archiválódik.