The Well-Appointed Cyberpunk Library · My Ass

My Ass, Out Of Here

"What you’re going to get, for this boy’s two million, is my ass out of here."

William Gibson
Burning Chrome, page 21 ("Johnny Mnemonic")

"It’s my ass, boss, and it’s all I got. I just wanna get it out of here in one piece."

William Gibson
Neuromancer, page 178

"My ass," he said to the room behind him, "out of here," and then he was out the door and down the hall, headed for the stairs. "Forever," he added, kicking open an exit door.

William Gibson
Count Zero, page 30

"Save it. Our asses outa here, fast."

William Gibson
Mona Lisa Overdrive, page 222

Chia picked up her glasses, slid them on, and hit big red. "My ass out of here." And it was.

William Gibson
Idoru, page 41

"Your ass be sorry, you don’t get out of here."

William Gibson
All Tomorrow's Parties, page 299

He went to the window, bent, looked out. "My ass, out of here," he said, probably not to them.

William Gibson
The Peripheral, page 208

"Back down the stairs and out of here, and don’t stop till you’ve exfiltrated your ass out of this country, but good."

William Gibson
Agency, page 397

"My ass," I said to the mirror, "is out of here."

William Gibson
Distrust That Particular Flavor, page 73 ("Disneyland with the Death Penalty")