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.

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• {{note|BruceBethke}} Bruce Bethke, "Cyberpunk", first published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Vol. 57, No. 4 (November 1983).
• {{note|DonnaHaraway}} Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century", in Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (Routledge, 1991), pp. 149-181. ISBN 0-415-90386-6.
• {{note|NicolaNixon}} Nicola Nixon, "Cyberpunk: Preparing the Ground for Revolution or Keeping the Boys Satisfied?", Science Fiction Studies vol. 19, part 2 (July 1992).
• {{note|LawrencePerson}} Lawrence Person, "Notes Toward a Postcyberpunk Manifesto", first published in Nova Express issue 16 (1998), later posted to Slashdot.
• {{note|socialism-today}} Kate Jones, "The Matrix... reloaded or overloaded?" Socialism Today, July–August 2003.
• {{note|avclub-matrix-revolutions}} Keith Phipps, review of The Matrix Revolutions, The Onion A.V. Club 10 November 2003.
• {{note|SimonReynolds}} Simon Reynolds. Energy Flash: Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture (Picador, 1998). ISBN 0-330-35056-0.

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• {{note|alt.cyberpunk.faq}} alt.cyberpunk usenet group FAQ file
• {{note|JohnShirley}} "Two Cyberpunks: Sterling and Rucker", by John Shirley
• {{note|PaulBrians}} Lecture notes by Paul Brians, Washington State University
• {{note|DavidBrin}} Review of The Matrix by David Brin
• {{note|associated-content}} "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" by Earl S. Wynn
• {{note|Jargon}} Jargon File definition; see also "Cyberpunk" at the Jargon Wiki