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Cyberpunk
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What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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I'm just coming off of All, not subscribed here. Just loosely interested. I'll probably have to check out the book now that I've learned about it.
Don't worry about it fam, if you're on dbzer0 you're automatically more cyberpunk than we who are not.
If you do end up reading Neuromancer feel free to post your thoughts on it, it'd be interesting.
It's a masterpiece and one of the most influential novels of all time.