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Norbert Weiner Published: Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and Machine
Acclaimed one of the seminal books...comparable in ultimate importance to...Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill," Cybernetics was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the "past four decades," which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead. (mitpress, 2015) -
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
This story examines a future world where everything is run and controlled by corporate interests. Consumers are controlled by embedded marketing through celebrities known as 'gods', and although theseare not the religious figures we relate the term to, these 'gods' are still seen as such. (Workingtropes, 2015). Who Was Plugged In - SFTropes. [online] Available at: http://workingtropes.lmc.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/The_Girl_Who_Was_Plugged_In [Accessed 31st Ausugst. 2015] -
Bladerunner- First blockbuster movie based on cyberpunk
Blade Runner, the film adaption of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick, and was the first major cyberpunk film to be released. -
Neuromancer
Neuromancer was the novel that started it all in the cyber punk era, and was the first novel to receive the 'holy trinity' of science fiction awards: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Award.Gibson, 2012. Neuromancer: [online] viewed on th 1st Sept, 2015 from http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/neuromancer.asp -
The Matrix
The Matrix is possibly one of the most popular cyberpunk films, and although it seems like a typical action/sci-fi movie at the surface, at depth it is a compelling cyberpunk film and set a precedent for future films. Endean, J 2009. Movies that Changed the World: The Matrix.[online] Viewed on 1st September 2015 received via http://www.ricestandard.org/movie -
Equilibrium
In this futuristic film all members of society are required to take a daily injection eliminating all emotion; any form of feeling is illegal. One man does his best to overthrow the system. Imdb, 2002. Equilibrium (2002) [online] viewed on the 1st Sept, 2015 via
