What is Cyberpunk? презентация

Bethke in 1980 for his story of the same title (published in 1983).

Cyberpunk is a sub-genre of science fiction which became popular in America in the late 1970’s and early 80’s and was noted for its focus on "high tech and low life“.

The formation of cyberpunk was greatly influenced by the rapid development of science and technologies, especially computer technologies.
 

What is Cyberpunk?

environmental or political catastrophes.

The environment is often unstable or hostile, nation-states tend to be extinct.

Cyberpunk is usually based on a near-future Earth, rather than some far-flung, futuristic alien world. 

Technology has become deeply enmeshed in everyday human existence.

have additional memory storage, or direct ‘wi-fi’ connection to various systems via a link in their brain. 

The cities have become 'sprawls' where only the strong survive.

There is bleakness and dread.

Characters spend most of the day plugged into the digital world, even neglecting their physical bodies for days at a time.

industries.

who try to make something good in a world where there is no justice and nobody is on their side. The underlying aspect that applies to all of these groups is their subversive nature.

a near-future Earth.

Main theme

fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.

Gibson popularised the idea of cyberspace: a "consensual hallucination" created by millions of connected computers.

Gibson's early writings are generally near-future stories about the influences of cybernetics and cyberspace (computer-simulated reality) technology on the human race.

The first novel, Neuromancer 1984.
“Sprawl trilogy”, "Bridge trilogy "  

technology and the impact on the lives of the world citizens;
matrix, cyberspace;
technological advancement is not paralleled by social progress;
crime, violence, corruption;
human relations and interactions are mostly represented as part of transactions;

life.
Transformation.
Manipulation.
Freedom.
Identity.
Isolation.
Drugs and alcohol.
Violance.