Cyberpunk - What is it All About?
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Cyberpunk is actually a subtype of science fiction and punk or rock music. Cyberpunk is a twofold and the words cybernetics and punk converged to form cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is a mix of the latest technology and conveys a message to the society and also about its treatment of its members. The atmosphere in the cyberpunk may be present near the world that is more dependent on technology and futuristic but not as futuristic as the Jetsons. Artificial Intelligence, mega corporations and hackers are the themes that are explored in cyberpunk.
Blade Runner, Matrix Trilogy and hackers a cult film are the films that really boosted cyberpunk and brought into spotlight. With its growing popularity among the people, it has sub genres namely biopunk, ,ribopunk, steampunk and postcyberpunk. These types can be found in cyberpunk literature. It is also a type of modern surrealism as its idea about fantasy and reality is very unclear.
Currently Cyberpunk is growing prosperously in the world of anime and manga. It is generally an accepted genre in Japan where it is somewhat outcasted in the United States. Normally the part of cyberpunk which is strangely accepted is that which comes from Japan for its more futuristic setting and its international feel since it is written and spoken in Japanese. Some classic anime and manga which is based on cyberpunk include the Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, Texhnolyze, Serial Experiments Lain, Appleseed and Metropolis.
In the American culture, cyberpunk can be seen in Television that includes: Blade Runner, War of the Worlds, Max Headroom, Screamers, Paycheck, The Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, New Rose Hotel, Johnny Mnemonic, Robocop, Gattaca, the 13th Floor, Until the End of the World, Harsh Realm, Strange Days and The Matrix trilogy and series.
Cyberpunk was formed in literature and Gardener Dozis an editor, gave the cult status. The coining of the cyberpunk was done by the author Bruce Bethke in the year 1980. Some of the cyberpunk authors are : William Gibson, John Shirley, Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, Richard Kadrey, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner and Michael Swanwick. Cyberpunk novels are namely Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive ,Count Zero, Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind, When Gravity Fails, The Diamond Age and Accelerando. Cyberpunk novels having cyberpunk influence are acknowledged very well by the writers when it was created tentatively in the 80s. The books that contain the thoughts are The Big Sleep (1939), Wolfbane (1959), Creatures of Light and Darkness (1968), Gravity’s Rainbow (1973), The Demolished Man, The Stars My Destination and True Names..
Cyberpunk is also apparent in music, computer games, board games and videogames. It is a futuristic style but has a touch of reality. Most people cannot envision the world to be as futuristic as the Jetsons but there is certainly the possibility of these events occurring in the near future that cyberpunk lays out.
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