and reflexes are artificially heightened by means of electronic implants and other advanced medical procedures. She has razor-sharp retractable blades underneath her fingernails, each double-edged and four centimeters in length. Appearing at first glance to be wearing mirrored sunglasses, Molly has in fact had her eye sockets sealed with vision-enhancing mirrored lenses, installed by the skilled black-market surgeons of Chiba City. To accommodate the inset lenses her tear ducts have been re-routed to her mouth; on the very rare occasions she cries, she either spits out or swallows the tears. She never lets others touch the lenses as it would leave messy fingerprints requiring extra cleaning. Portrayal in other media The 1995 film version of Johnny Mnemonic replaced Molly with a character named Jane who did not have modifications to her eyes or to her fingers. Jane did share the modified nervous system but used a single razor attached to the tip of a flexible spring rod as a weapon. In the 2003 BBC Radio adaptation of Neuromancer, Molly was played by the English actress Nicola Walker. Sasha Grey took on the role in Case, a six-hour dramatic contemporary adaptation of the novel staged in New York City in November 2009. Literary analysis The character has been described as one of Gibson's most complex characters. References in pop culture Molly is the subject of a song called "Mirrorshades" by the group Information Society. Notes References William Gibson, Burning Chrome ("Johnny Mnemonic"), 1986, William Gibson, Neuromancer, 1984, William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive, 1988, External links Razor girls: Genre and Gender in Cyberpunk Fiction William Gibson aleph Fan site Voidspace Online excerpts from Neuromancer and Mona Lisa Overdrive MOLLY'S MIRRORSHADES; ZEISS-IKON EYES "I could never dream up a sufficiently convincing way to imagine them being attached." Fictional cyborgs Sprawl trilogy William Gibson characters Literary characters introduced in 1981 Characters in American novels of the 20th century