Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk (a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk) is a genre of science fiction that focuses on computers or information technology, usually coupled with some degree of breakdown in social order. The plot of cyberpunk literature often revolves around the conflict between hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corporations, tending to be set within a near-future dystopian Earth, rather than the "outer space" locales prevalent at the time of cyberpunk's inception. Much of the genre's "atmosphere" echoes film noir, and written works in the genre often use techniques from detective fiction. While this gritty, hard-bitten style was hailed as revolutionary during cyberpunk's early days, later observers concluded that, literarily speaking, most cyberpunk narrative techniques were less innovative than those of the New Wave, twenty years earlier. Primary exponents of the cyberpunk field include William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, John Shirley and Rudy Rucker. The term became widespread in the 1980s and remains current today.

Further reading

:External links in the following were last verified 12 September 2005.

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• {{note|reading-list}} The Cyberpunk Reading List that emerged from the usenet group
• {{note|PaulSaffo}} Cyberpunk R.I.P. - By Paul Saffo, Wired Magazine
• {{note|GURPS}} GURPS Cyberpunk website
• {{note|Talsorian}} R. Talsorian series on cyberpunk film
• {{note|Neometropolis}} Neometropolis Magazine
• {{note|CyberpunkProject}} The Cyberpunk Project
• {{note|Duke of Hell's Cyberpunk}} Duke of Hell's Cyberpunk - Listing of cyberpunk-related media
• {{note|Innervation}} Innervation - Resource + Portal site for Thinkers and Designers of the Future

Game websites

• West End Games official website
• Introversion Software official website
• Iconoclast - award-winning cyberpunk MUD
• Salroth - online cyberpunk game site
• Shadowrun MUSH Homepage
• Official Shadowrun RPG Homepage
• Dystopia - a Half-Life 2 modification with cyberpunk themes

Band websites

• UV official site
• KMFDM official site
• Velvet Acid Christ official site
• Gridlock official site
• VNV Nation official site