the evolution of cyberpunk literature in the 1980s
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction subgenre set in a dystopian future, combining "lowlife and high tech." In 1984, William Gibson's influential debut novel Neuromancer helped solidify cyberpunk as a genre; the path explores its urban settings, origins, and related dystopian fiction.
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Hong Kong cityscapes influenced the urban backgrounds, ambiance and settings of many cyberpunk works, such as Blade Runner and Shadowrun. Ridley Scott envisioned the landscape of cyberpunk Los Angeles in Blade Runner to be "Hong Kong on a very bad day". Bruce Bethke's short story "cyberpunk," written in 1980 and published in Amazing Stories in 1983, gave the term its title. Gardner Dozois, editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, picked up the name and popularized it in his editorials.
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Burning Chrome by William Gibson collects 10 of his best short stories, with a preface from Bruce Sterling.
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