Key moments in Cyberpunk History

  • Cyber & Punk unite!

    The words ‘cyber ‘and ‘punk’ were joined together in an effort to create something unheard of. Both have completely different meanings. Despite this in 1928 they came together to represent ‘technology’ and ‘individualism’ (The Cyberpunk Project 2004).
  • Period: to

    The life of Cyberpunk before the 2000s

  • Cybernetics

    Cybernetics was coined by Norbert Wiener. It is understood as the science of communicating and control in both the machine and animal.
  • The term Cyborg is created

    The word ‘cyborg’ describes a future that includes multiple artificial body features including hearts, arms, legs and brains. Eventually replacing a human’s brain with a computer brain.
  • Cyberpunk creations

    Multiple form of Cyberpunk were released: "Never Mind the Bullocks - Here's the Sex Pistols released; punk gets notorious The Clash release first album; punk gets serious The Ophiuchi Hotline published" The Cyberpunk Project (2004) Cyberpunk Timeline, viewed 4 September 2012, Available < http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/timeline.html>.
  • Blade Runner

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    Ridley Scotts Blade Runner is released
  • Neuromancer issued"cyberspace" coined

  • Burning Chrome is released