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Burning Chrome

collection of short stories
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Summary

Burning Chrome is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,148 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: William Gibson[3]
  • Publisher: Arbor House[4]
  • Genre: science fiction[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Distribution format: bunkobon[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Has part(s): Burning Chrome[9], Johnny Mnemonic[10], The Gernsback Continuum[11], Fragments of a Hologram Rose[12]
  • Publication date: 1986[13]
  • Cover art by: Rick Berry[14]
  • Has edition or translation: Q129347644[15]
  • Number of pages: 334[16]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Collection[17]
  • Published in: Omni[18]
  • Title: Burning Chrome[19]
  • Form of creative work: short story collection[20]

Why It Matters

Burning Chrome has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

literary work United States William Gibson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Falcorian · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library id → OL27254W
    Sitelink count → 13
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'ro', 'ru', 'uk', 'ur', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 19w ago · Trade · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distribution format → bunkobon
    Instance of → literary work
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  3. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Publisher → —
    Form of creative work → short story collection
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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