In case you don't know what the definition is, here's a precis:
"Cyberpunk is a subgenre of literary science fiction in a future setting, noted for its focus on high technology and life in the gutter
It features hi-tech living where computer networks, hacking & cybernetics are ubiquitous, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
Classic cyberpunk protagonists are often depicted as being marginalized, loners that feel alienated. They tend to gravitate to the underground on the periphery of a dystopic society where day to day life is affected by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body.
Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a future Earth,
The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but tend to be marked by extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of "black" technologies in ways never anticipated by their creators.
The cyberpunk genre is often visualized using elements from "film noir" and gritty themes not out of place in a cheap detective paperback."
The genre was created by William Gibson in his seminal work "Neuromancer".
When William Gibson, some years later saw the film "Blade Runner" he said that the film perfectly encapsulated his vision of this dystopic future.
"Cyberpunk is a subgenre of literary science fiction in a future setting, noted for its focus on high technology and life in the gutter
It features hi-tech living where computer networks, hacking & cybernetics are ubiquitous, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
Classic cyberpunk protagonists are often depicted as being marginalized, loners that feel alienated. They tend to gravitate to the underground on the periphery of a dystopic society where day to day life is affected by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body.
Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a future Earth,
The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but tend to be marked by extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of "black" technologies in ways never anticipated by their creators.
The cyberpunk genre is often visualized using elements from "film noir" and gritty themes not out of place in a cheap detective paperback."
The genre was created by William Gibson in his seminal work "Neuromancer".
When William Gibson, some years later saw the film "Blade Runner" he said that the film perfectly encapsulated his vision of this dystopic future.
