JOHNNY MNEMONIC by William Gibson
He had information that the gangsters wanted desperately, even if they had to kill him
DOSSIER: NEUROMANCER – INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM GIBSON (1985) – by Steve Brown [Heavy Metal]
William Gibson is this year's hungry stranger. He brings to the clubby little world of science fiction a genuinely new perception. His influences are not the safe icons like the Heinleins, but are the harrowing visions of a Robert Stone.