cyberpunk

Definitions

  • WordNet 3.6
    • n cyberpunk a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
    • n cyberpunk a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
    • n cyberpunk a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
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Usage

In literature:

And then there was GURPS Cyberpunk.
"Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling
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In news:

The Readers' Writers: Cyberpunk /SciFi author Ernest Hogan.
thekansan.com
CBS Films has secured film rights to Square Enix's cyberpunk videogame franchise " Deus Ex," with Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh attached to produce.
variety.com
CYBERPUNKS and Internet jockeys sometimes call Neal Stephenson's novel "Snow Crash" (Bantam Books, 1992) the "Neuromancer" of the 1990's, a reference to William Gibson's seminal work, which appeared in 1984 and coined the term "cyberspace.
nytimes.com
OH HAI – CYBERPUNK HAS A FLAVR.
austinchronicle.com
Cyberpunk art exhibit featuring pieces from Ken P Smooth.
winnipegfreepress.com
Cyberpunk visionary Richard K Morgan takes on the future.
bohemian.com
If you expected a reprise of Cannibal Ox's 2001 cyberpunk masterpiece The Cold Vein, too bad: The duo's Vast Aire is still in his thug phase.
spin.com
N his new book, the cyberpunk writer Bruce Sterling -- whose earlier novels include "Distraction" and "Holy Fire" -- delivers something of a change-up: a comedy-suspense tale of international intrigue.
nytimes.com
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