A History of Science Fiction:
The Modern Era: Cyberpunk
Definition
cyber pertains to information systems, like those in a
computer.
punk refers to fractious youth
Together the two elements suggest an artificial human with
torn clothes and spiky hair (e.g., Daryl Hannah's character
Pris in Blade Runner).
Cyberpunk is fiction dominated by the feeling that man is
dwarfed by machine in a technological world.
Its works portray a society alienated from nature and
organized along corporate rather than tribal, familial, or
national lines.
Godfathers of cyberpunk include Philip K. Dick and William
S. Burroughs.
Key Figures in Cyberpunk
William Gibson
The first cyberpunk novel is generally considered to be
Gibson's Neuromancer (1984), winner of both the Hugo and the
Nebula.
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