Cyberpunk
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
- 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