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History of Cyberpunk

By ENGUY

  • Norbert Weiner coins the term 'cybernetics' in his book of the same name

  • Release date of 'Blade Runner'. Popular movie featuring elements of Cyberpunk

  • 'Burning Chrome' by William Gibson is published

  • Bruce Bethke coins the term 'cyberpunk' and its stereotypical connotation in his novel of the same name

    Bruce Bethke first coined the term ‘cyberpunk’ in his novel of the same name and invented the stereotypical connotation of a punk computer whiz.

  • William Gibson's novel 'Neuromancer' is published

    'He emphasized style, a fascination with surfaces, and atmosphere over traditional science-fiction tropes. Regarded as ground-breaking and sometimes as "the archetypal cyberpunk work"'
    Wikipedia 2012, Wikimedia Foundation Inc., San Fransisco, California, viewed 19 August, 2012, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk

  • Release of the game adaption of Gibson's 'Neuromancer'