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Plot summary. Johnny is a data trafficker who has undergone cybernetic surgery to have a data storage system implanted in his head. The system allows him to store digital data too sensitive to risk transmission on computer networks.
The story is narrated by a data courier (to whom the story’s title, ‘Johnny Mnemonic’, refers). He is able to store vast amounts of sensitive data in his head, thanks to a cybernetic implant, and earns a living by trafficking information for criminal bosses or large corporations.
Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 cyberpunk action film [6] directed by Robert Longo in his feature directorial debut. William Gibson, who wrote the 1981 short story, wrote the screenplay. The film, set in 2021, portrays a dystopian future racked by a tech-induced plague, awash with conspiracies, and dominated by megacorporations and organized crime.
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The Johnny Mnemonic character is a data trafficker who has undergone cybernetic surgery to have a data storage system implanted in his head. The system allows him to store digital data too sensitive to risk transmission on computer networks. To keep the cargo secure, the data is locked by a password known only to the intended recipient. Johnny ente...
Gibson, William Carleton (1996). JOHNNY MNEMONIC. Toronto: Harper Collins. .Bisson, Terry (1995). Johnny Mnemonic. New York: Pocket Books. .- 3 min
Johnny Mnemonic is an idiot savant: He stores other people’s secure information in his brain, though he cannot consciously access that information himself. Ralfi Face, a client, wants him...
In this film based on the William Gibson story, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data courier who has a secret stash of information implanted into his mind. However, the data will kill Johnny if he...
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"Johnny Mnemonic" (May 1981 Omni), one of William Gibson's earliest stories, is about a future in which information is carried in the brains of "mnemonic" couriers. One such courier, Johnny (Reeves), is targeted by a Japanese criminal syndicate – the Yakuza – when he unwittingly takes on data that they want to retrieve, driving him to seek ...
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