Yeah, Burning Chrome was one of his early short stories, I use it as my screen name on a few computer games I play online (i.e. 2142). Lately I have been reading everything by an English guy named Ian M. Banks ("Look to Windward", "Excesscion", et.al.) Great stuff. Gives me something to read at 5:00 in the morning :-)
Thanks for writing back, I appreciate it!
..Mike