Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic was pretty cool. It was a short story in the cyberpunk genre. It had a lot of cool things about it. One thing I liked about the short story was its pace. The story went at a really fast speed, and it built a rich and dense world for the story without needing any exposition. One thing I like in both fiction and nonfiction is “jumping straight into the action,” where the jargon of the world/subject is in full effect. When it comes to nonfiction, I'll usually consult additional reference if I get lost, but with fast-paced fiction, things usually seem to work out without outside resources. Even within the first paragraph, lots of cultural aspects of the world are established without being explicitly told to the audience. People are divided into “technical” and “crude” groupings. The protagonist falls into the technical category, but is making himself appear crude. He's prepared a shotgun that he's planning to take somewhere. Information can be stored in objects called microfiches. The meaning of all the terminology is clearly implied through its surrounding context, and any remaining ambiguity stays in the background instead of hampering the story.