Crossword clues for cyberpunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context science fiction uncountable English) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality. 2 (context countable English) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life. 3 (context countable English) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
WordNet
n. a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism [syn: hacker, cyber-terrorist]
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic compterized societies
Wikipedia
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting that tends to focus on the society of the proverbial " high tech low life" featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as information technology and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
Cyberpunk plots often center on conflict among artificial intelligences and among megacorporations, and tend to be set in a future Earth, rather than in the far-future settings or galactic vistas found in novels such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Frank Herbert's Dune. The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but tend to feature extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of technology in ways never anticipated by its original inventors ("the street finds its own uses for things"). Much of the genre's atmosphere echoes film noir, and written works in the genre often use techniques from detective fiction.
Cyberpunk is the fifth studio album by English rock vocalist Billy Idol. A concept album, it was released in 1993 by Chrysalis Records. Inspired by his personal interest in technology and his first attempts to use computers in the creation of his music, Idol based the album on the cyberdelic subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Heavily experimental in its style, the album was an attempt by Idol to take control of the creative process in the production of his albums, while simultaneously introducing Idol's fans and other musicians to the opportunities presented by digital media.
The album featured a cyberpunk-styled narrative as well as synthesized vocals and industrial influences. Despite the critical and financial failure of the album, Billy Idol set several precedents in the process of promoting the album. These included his use of the internet, e-mail, virtual communities, and multimedia software – each a first for a mainstream celebrity. Idol also based his fashion style, music videos, and stage shows on cyberpunk themes and aesthetics.
Released to negative reviews, Cyberpunk polarised the internet communities of the period. Detractors viewed it as an act of cooptation and opportunistic commercialisation. It was also seen as part of a process that saw the overuse of the term "cyberpunk" until the word lost meaning. Alternatively, supporters saw Idol's efforts as harmless and well-intentioned, and were encouraged by his new interest in cyberculture.
Cyberpunk is a literary subgenre of science fiction.
Cyberpunk may also refer to:
- Cyberpunk (album), a 1993 album by Billy Idol
- Cyberpunk 2020, a role-playing game written by Mike Pondsmith
- GURPS Cyberpunk, a genre toolkit for role-playing games
- Cyberpunk 2077, a role-playing video game announced in 2012, developed by CD Projekt RED
Usage examples of "cyberpunk".
Cut Paper Wrap Stone introduces us to Ethan Ring, a character somewhat like other cyberpunk heroes in his anomie, but less hard- edged and nihilistic -- rather than burnt out and affectless, Ring is plagued by guilt and self-recrimination over his deeds as an interrogator and assassin for the security arm of the pan-European government.
Not to mention the Consumer Manifesto, the Commensalist Manifesto, and the Cyberpunk Manifesto.
A powerful tale about the power of love and the will to survive in a dystopian universe that combines Victorian elements with a fantasy version of cyberpunk.
Cheerleader, strategist, and guiding light of the cyberpunks, Bruce Sterling always exhibited an extraliterary side to his activities.
Slam and the World Fantasy Award-winner Glimpses, but here he returns to the cyberpunk theme of whether we need our fleshly bodies in a story with a rather Huxleyan feel to it.
Cut Paper Wrap Stone introduces us to Ethan Ring, a character somewhat like other cyberpunk heroes in his anomie, but less hard- edged and nihilistic -- rather than burnt out and affectless, Ring is plagued by guilt and self-recrimination over his deeds as an interrogator and assassin for the security arm of the pan-European government.
Drake, who wrote Dorothy Denning out of nowhere, and asked for an interview for his cheapo cyberpunk fanzine, and then started grilling her on her ethics.
Even generational contemporaries, who sympathized with much CHEAP TRUTH rhetoric, came to distrust the cult itself -- simply because the Cyberpunks had become "genre gurus" themselves.
Other cyberpunks, such as the six other worthy contributors to MIRRORSHADES THE CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, may be able to come to their own terms with the beast, more or less.
It might, for instance, be argued that Jules Verne was a nice guy who loved his Mom, while the brutish antihuman cyberpunks advocate drugs, anarchy, brain-plugs and the destruction of everything sacred.
And yet Jules Verne is considered a Victorian optimist (those who have read him must doubt this) while the cyberpunks are often declared nihilists (by those who pick and choose in the canon).
And cyberpunks are science fiction writers -- not a "subgenre" or a "cult," but the thing itself.
A rock group, the Sonic Youth, dubbed themselves cyberpunks and featured a song called "The Sprawl" on their album, Daydream Nation (1988), while Kathy Acker, the postpunk godmother of the London fiction scene, wrote that parts of her novel, Empire of the Senseless (1988), are directly "ripped off" from Neuromancer.
He sent it to Unearth, a short-lived SF magazine that was first to publish Rudy Rucker and other cyberpunks, which accepted it.
The cyberpunks had a strong following among the global generation that had grown up in a world of computers, multinational networks, and cable television.