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Cyclopaedia 11 – Cyberpunk By T.R. Knight (InnRoads Ministries * Article Series)
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Overview Cyberpunkisasub-genreofsciencefictionthatfuseshightechnology,noir,corporatepolitics,lawlessness,andsocietalconflict.MostoftensetitthenearfutureofEarth,soitcanreflectandprovidecommentaryonbusiness,society,andtechnologyinamicrocosm.Agrittypost-industrialdystopiancityjuxtaposeswithcybernetics,artificialintelligences,hackers,andmegacorporations.ThetermCyberpunkwasoriginallyusedbyBruceBethkefora1983shortstoryofthesamename,buttheconceptsandtropesofthegenrearebelievedtohavebeenformedinTheShockwaveRiderbyJohnBrunnerin1975.MostthoughwouldconsiderthemovieBladeRunner(1982)andWilliamGibson’sNeuromancer(1984)forbringingtolifethegenreandasceticsofCyberpunk. OthergenreshavespunofffromtheasceticsofCyberpunkincludingAtompunk,Biopunk,Clockpunk,Cypherpunk,Dieselpunk,Nanopunk,andSteampunk.Eachofthemretainthenoirandsocietalconflictaspects,buttheyutilizeadifferenttechnologicalfocusandtimeperiodinhistory. Theever-acceleratinggrowthoftechnology,thefearofitsabuse,apprehensionofhowitisimpactingusasasociety,anditsimpactonourfuturekeepinterestinCyberpunkinthemindsofsciencefictionaficionadoswhichleadstorethinkingandreimaginingofthegenreeverysomanyyears.
What defines Cyberpunk? Cyberpunkhasitsownuniquefeel,separatefromstandardsciencefiction.Theareelementscommontomostcyberpunkstoriesthatwhencombinedhelpitstandoutasagenreofitsown.
• Arcologies• ArtificialIntelligence• Cybernetics• Hackers• MegaCorporations• NearFutureEarth• TheNet• Noir• SplitSocieties• Sprawls• VirtualRealities
FollowingaresourcesofinformationpertainingtoCyberpunktoassistprospectivegamemasters,gamedesigners,writers,andstorytellersinknowingwheretostarttheirresearch.
Articles
BladeRunnerandCyberpunkVisionsofHumanityBySenior,WA Source:FilmCriticism,21,no.1(1996):1-12Cyberneticdeconstructions:cyberpunkandpostmodernismByHollinger,VSource:Mosaic,v23n2(1990):29-44
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CyberpunkNostalgiaByDeb,Siddhartha Source:Dissent,no.Win,(2016):12-14The(Post)FeministPoliticsofCyberpunkByGillis,StacySource:GothicStudies,9,no.2(2007):7-19SteveJacksonGames,Inc.v.UnitedStatesSecretServicehttp://www.sjgames.com/SS/
Books AccelerandoByStross,CharlesAkira(Manga)ByOtomo,Katsuhiro AlteredCarbonByMorgan,RichardTheBridgeChroniclesByBallard,GaryA.Cyberpunk(ShortStory)ByBethke,BruceDoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep?ByDick,PhilipK.DataRunnerByPatel,SamA.DownAndOutInTheMagicKingdomByDoctorow,CoryEclipseByShirley,John
FronteraByShiner,LewisTheGhostInTheShell(Manga)ByShirow,Masamune TheGirlWhoWasPluggedIn ByTiptree,Jr,JamesTheGlassHammerByJeter,K.W.Gravity'sRainbowByPynchon,ThomasHardwiredByWilliams,JonWilliamsIslandsintheNetBySterling,BruceMirrorShades:TheCyberpunkAnthologyBySterling,BruceNeuromancer ByGibson,WilliamReadyPlayerOneByCline,ErnestSchismatrixBySterling,BruceShadowrun:NeatByZimmerman,RussellTheShockwaveRider ByBrunner,JohnSnowCrashByStephenson,Neal
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TheStarsMyDestinationByBester,AlfredSynnersByCadigan,PatTransmetropolitan(GraphicNovel) ByEllis,WarrenTroubleandHerFriendsByScott,MelissaVirtualLightByGibson,WilliamTheWareTetralogyByRucker,RudyWhenGravityFallsByEffinger,GerogeAlecTheWindupGirlByBacigalupi,Paolo
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Locations
HongKong,Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong Shanghai,Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai Shibuya,Tokyohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya SonyCenterhttp://www.sonycenter.de/en TimesSquare,NewYorkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square
People BruceBethkePatCadiganPhilipK.DickGardnerDozoisWilliamGibsonSteveJacksonȘtefanOdoblejaRidleyScottJohnShirlyNeilStephensonBruceSterlingVangelisNorbertWiener