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'' | '''Cyberpunk''' is a [[science fiction]] [[genre]] noted for its focus on "high tech and low life". The name derives from the words "cybernetics" and "punk". | ||
Related term: [[steampunk]]. | |||
See also: [[Technofems (WisCon XX Panel)]] | |||
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* [[Laura Mixon]]'s ''[[Glass Houses]]'' | * [[Laura Mixon]]'s ''[[Glass Houses]]'' | ||
* [[Lisa Mason]]'s ''[[Arachne (novel)|Arachne]]'' | * [[Lisa Mason]]'s ''[[Arachne (novel)|Arachne]]'' | ||
* [[Lyda Morehouse]]'s ''[[Archangel Protocol (novel)|Archangel Protocol]]'' | |||
* [[Sara Stamey]]'s ''[[Wild Card Run]]'' | * [[Sara Stamey]]'s ''[[Wild Card Run]]'' | ||
* Bruce Sterling's ''Islands in the Net'' | * Bruce Sterling's ''Islands in the Net'' | ||
* [[James Tiptree, Jr.]]'s "[[The Girl Who Was Plugged In]]" | * [[James Tiptree, Jr.]]'s "[[The Girl Who Was Plugged In]]" | ||
* [[Joan Vinge]]'s ''[[Catspaw]]'' | * [[Joan D. Vinge]]'s ''[[Catspaw]]'' | ||
== External Links == | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk Wikipedia entry] | |||
[[Category:Genres]] | [[Category:Genres]] | ||
[[Category:Cyberpunk| ]] | |||
[[Category:Science fiction]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:47, 26 August 2008
Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life". The name derives from the words "cybernetics" and "punk".
Related term: steampunk.
See also: Technofems (WisCon XX Panel)
List of cyberpunk works
- Pat Cadigan -- all of her stuff. "Rock On" in Bruce Sterling's Mirrorshades anthology.
- Raphael Carter -- Fortunate Fall
- Gwyneth Jones' "Red Sonja & Lessingham in Dreamland" in Off Limits - virtual reality shared world
- Marge Piercy's He, She, and It - virtual reality
- Melissa Scott's Trouble and Her Friends - virtual reality
- Melissa Scott's. Burning Bright - virtual reality shared world gaming
- Amy Thomson's Virtual Girl - android
Other Suggestions:
- Wilhelmina Baird's Clipjoint
- Wilhelmina Baird's Crashcourse
- C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen
- Isodore Haiblum's The Mutants Are Coming
- Tanith Lee's Electric Forest
- Laura Mixon's Glass Houses
- Lisa Mason's Arachne
- Lyda Morehouse's Archangel Protocol
- Sara Stamey's Wild Card Run
- Bruce Sterling's Islands in the Net
- James Tiptree, Jr.'s "The Girl Who Was Plugged In"
- Joan D. Vinge's Catspaw