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Cyberpunk

Key characteristics

  • A blend of punk and early hacker sub-cultures.
  • The street finds a use.
  • High-Tech, Low-Life.
  • Mega-corporations.
  • A gap between the haves and have-nots.
  • Illicit jobs (for or against the ruling regimes).
  • Cybernetics, robotics, AI.
  • Dystopia - “a speculative situation where the absolute minority of people habitually experience hope and joy.”
  • Street samurai types
  • Dark plots and rare happy endings.

Science fiction should turn its back on space, on interstellar travel, extra-terrestrial life forms, (and) galactic wars. – J.G. Ballard

History

YearTopicTagFieldCreator(s)Key SourcesNotes
87 BCAntikythera Mechanismoriginastronomyunknown
1804Jacquard LoomorigintextilesJoseph Jacquard
1819Difference EngineorigincalculatorsCharles Babbage
1837Analytical EngineorigincalculatorsCharles Babbage
1929SurrealisminspirationfilmLuis BuñuelUn Chien Andalou
1937Turing MachinesoriginmathematicsAlan TuringOn Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
1937Rampant TechnologyinspirationartPablo PicassoGuernica
1943CyberneticsoriginsystemsWiener, Rosenbluth, BigelowBehavior, Purpose and Teleology, Cybernetics
1945Cellular AutomataoriginsystemsJohn von NeumannVon Neumann cellular automatonself-replication
1945MemexoriginphilosophyVannevar BushAs We May Think
1948Information SystemsoriginsystemsClaude ShannonA Mathematical Theory of Communication
1950Turing TestoriginmathematicsAlan TuringComputing Machinery and Intelligence
1951Data Science, TabletsoriginfictionArthur C. ClarkeFoundation
1954IAoriginIAWilliam Ross AshbyIntroduction to Cybernetics
1956AIoriginAIDartmouth Summer Research Project on AI
1958Neural NetsoriginAIFrank RosenblattThe Perceptron…
1959Common SenseoriginAIJohn McCarthyPrograms with Common Sense
1959Language as VirusinspirationfictionWilliam S. BurroughsNaked Lunch
1960SymbiosisoriginIAJ.C.R. LickliderMan-Computer Symbiosis
1960LISPoriginsymbolic AIJohn McCarthyRecursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions…
1960HypertextorigindataTed NelsonProject Xanadu
1962AugmentationoriginIADouglas EngelbartAugmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework
1967Rampant AIprotofictionHarlan Ellison“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”
1968DynabookoriginIAAlan KayA Personal Computer for Children of All Ages
1968AndroidsprotofictionPhilip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
1968CyborgsprotofictionSamuel DelanyNova
1968Virtual RealityorigingraphicsIvan SutherlandThe Sword of Damocles
1968DystopiaprotofictionJohn BrunnerStand on Zanzibar
1969ARPANEToriginnetARPANPL network, ARPANET, SITA HLN
1969Body Without OrgansinspirationphilosophyDeleuze and GuattariThe Logic of SenseLoS by GD. Follow-up in A Thousand Plateaus
1970DystopiaprotofictionJ.G. BallardThe Atrocity Exhibit
1970ElectronicainspirationmusicKraftwerks/t album
1970Rampant AIprotofilm—Colossus: The Forbin Project
1973Rampant AIprotofilmMichael CrichtonWestworld
1973Corporate ReignprotofictionTiptree (Sheldon)The Girl Who Was Plugged In
1973Sexual FetishismprotofictionJ.G. BallardCrash“precession of simulacra” – Baudrillard
1975Hacking, DystopiaprotofictionJohn BrunnerThe Shockwave Rider
1976Gritty Sci-FiprotocomicsMoebius, O’BannonThe Long Tomorrow in Metal Hurlant
1977Gritty Sci-FiprotocomicsJohn Wagner2000 AD, Judge Dredd
1978BBSorigincommunityWard ChristensenCBBS in Chicago, centralized control
1978AmbientinspirationmusicBrian EnoAmbient 1: Music for Airports
1978Post-punkinspirationmusicDevoQ: Are We Not Men?
1979ElectronicainspirationmusicTubeway ArmyReplicas
1980UsenetorigincommunityTom Truscott, Jim Ellisdecentralized control
1981DystopiainspirationpoliticsRonald Reagan40th President of the United StatesReagan’s presidency put the grit in Gibson’s dystopia
1981HyperrealityinspirationphilosophyJean BaudrillardSimulacra and Simulation
1981IndustrialinspirationmusicEinstürzende NeubautenKollaps
1981CyberspaceprotofictionVingeTrue Names
1981DystopiaprotofilmJohn CarpenterEscape from New York
1982CyberspaceprotofictionWilliam GibsonBurning Chrome
1982Sci-Fi NoirprotofilmRidley Scott, Syd MeadBlade Runner
1982Neo-Fururist AestheticprotofilmSyd MeadTron
1982Robot DownloadprotofictionRudy RuckerSoftwareplus Wetware (88), Freeware (97), and Realware (00)
1982DystopiaprotoanimeAkira“techno-obsessed artistry”
1982Dystopia, PunkprotofilmSogo IshiiBurst Citypreceeded by Crazy Thunder Road (1980) and Shuffle (1981)
1983Tech ImmersionprotofictionBruce BethkeCyberpunk
1983Hacker CultureprotofilmWar Games
1983InternetoriginnetARPATCP/IP
1984Body ModprotofictionK.W. JeterDr. Adderwritten in 1972
1984Cyberpunk, Decksground zerofictionWilliam GibsonNeuromancerSprawl Trilogy with Count Zero (86) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (88)
1984Phone Phreaking, Hackinginspirationmagazine2600
1985Phone Phreaking, HackinginspirationmagazinePhrack
1985Bod ModcyberpunkfictionBruce SterlingSchismatrix
1985DystopiacyberpunkfictionJohn ShirleyEclipse
1986Nanotechinspirationnon-fictionK. Erc DrexlerEngines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology
1986Cyberpunk definitioncyberpunkfictionBruce SterlingMirrorshades
1986HackinginspirationmanifestoThe MentorHacker Manifesto
1986Android, DystopiaprotofilmShigeru IzumiyaDeath Powder
1985Memory StoragecyberpunkfilmMax Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
1986Corporate WarfarecyberpunkfictionWalter Jon WilliamsHardwired
1986Western DeclinecyberpunkfictionEffingerWhen Gravity Fails
1987TranshumanismcyberpunkfilmPaul VerhovenRobocop
1987Reality vs PerceptioncyberpunkfictionPat CadiganMindplayers
1987Mega-corporationcyberpunkanimeBubblegum Crisis
1988DystopiancyberpunkanimeAkira
1988Cyberpunk RPGcyberpunkrpgMike PondsmithCyberpunk by R. Talsorian Games
1988Ubiquitous TechcyberpunkfictionBruce SterlingIslands in the Net
1988Death transcendencecyberpunkfilmKazuhito KuramotoGuinea Pig 6: Android of Notre Dame
1989TranshumanismcyberpunkfilmShinya TsukamotoTetsuo: The Iron Manfollowed up by Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer (1992)
1989Fantasy CyberpunkcyberpunkrpgFASAShadowrun
1989GrittycyberpunkfictionPat CadiganPatternsnot all stories are CP
1989GrittycyberpunkfictionBruce SterlingCrystal Expressnot all stories are CP
1990The Rule of CoolcyberpunkrpgMike PondsmithCyberpunk 2020
1990Artificial MemorycyberpunkfilmPaul Verhoven, Dan O’BannonTotal Recall
1990WWWinspirationwebBerners-LeeWorldWideWeb browser and NeXT webserver
1990Life Imitates ArtcyberpunkrpgSteve JacksonGURPS: Cyberpunk
1991Cyber EspionagecyberpunkanimeAeon Flux
1991Reality vs PerceptioncyberpunkfictionPat CadiganSynners
1991DystopiancyberpunkfilmShozin FukuiPinocchio √ 964followed up by Rubber’s Lover (1996)
1992Meta CyberpunkcyberpunkfictionLarry McCafferyStorming the Reality Studio
1992Metaverse, AvatarcyberpunkfictionNeal StephensonSnowcrash
1992Pen-testingcyberpunkfilmSneakers
1993AI, Corporate ReigncyberpunkanimeBattle Angel Alita
1993Augmented Reality, NanotechcyberpunkfictionWilliam GibsonVirtual Light
1993Human Identity in Information AgemetaphilosophyScott BukatmanTerminal Identitylimits Bw/oOrgans to a merge of body and tech
1994Simulated RealitycyberpunkfictionGreg EganPermutation City
1994Climate Change, PostcyberpunkcyberpunkfictionBruce SterlingHeavy Weather
1995False Memory, CyborgscyberpunkanimeGhost in the ShellThe dead-stares are a brilliant touch.
1995Nanotech, PhylespostcyberpunkfictionNeal StephensonThe Diamond Age
1995Megacorporation, ImplantscyberpunkfilmWilliam GibsonJohnny Mnemonic
1995Digital FantasiescyberpunkfilmJames CameronStrange DaysThis was huge in my group of friends at the time
1996Virtual IdolcyberpunkfictionWilliam GibsonIdoru
1996Life ExtensioncyberpunkfictionBruce SterlingHoly Fire
1996Netrunningcyberpunktabletop-gameRichard GarfieldNetrunner CCG
1997Mega-Citycyberpunkvideo-gameFinal Fantasy VIIHuge with me and my roomates in college
1997Transhumanism, DystopiacyberpunkcomicsWarren EllisTransmetropolitan
1997Genetic Caste, BiopunkcyberpunkfilmAndrew NicolsGattaca
1998Virtual RealmscyberpunkanimeRyutaro NakamuraSerial Experiments Lain
1998Virtual RealmscyberpunkfictionPat CadiganTea from an Empty Cup
1998The Street Finds a UsecyberpunkfilmAronofskyPi
1999Nanotech, AIcyberpunkfictionWilliam GibsonAll Tomorrow’s Parties
1999Dystopia, AI, Simulationcyberpunk-endfilmThe WachowskisThe Matrix
2002Consciousness TransferrencepostcyberpunkfictionRichard MorganAltered Carbon
2002Dystopia, Ubiquitous TechpostcyberpunkfilmSpielburgMinority Report
2003Near Future, NowpunkpostcyberpunkfictionWilliam GibsonPattern Recognition
2003Dystopia, Corporate RulepostcyberpunkfictionMax BarryJennifer Government
2003Simulation HypothesisinspirationphilosophyNick BostromAre You Living in a Computer Simulation?
2009CryptocurrencyinspirationeconomicsSatoshi NakamotoBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
2009Capitalist RealisminspirationphilosophyMark FisherCapitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
2010Cyberdeck MakersinspirationelectronicsCyberdeck Cafehttps://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/

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