CyberPunk is an interesting and important genre in Science Fiction. I've been fascinated by it for a long time, noticing the curious parallels between our own world and those of Stephenson, Sterling, Gibson et al. I'm not going to elaborate or summarise the whole genre, if you know the subject then it would be pointless, if you don't then I would suggest you go out and learn... pick up a copy of Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" or William Gibson's "Neuromancer" or any of the hundreds of great books out there. I've written stuff on the subject, in an Artistic context, so I guess I could have written something... but I'm just a lazy graduate programmer and art historian bashing out HTML with an Amiga and a copy of EMACS.
This page is intended to provide links to cyberpunk authors and information, as well as real-world activities of a cyberpunk feel - for example, the Human-Machine interfacing undertaken by performance artist Stelarc. It is not just about CyberPunk the literature movement, but CyberPunk the subculture (and I use the term 'subculture' in a good way). CyberPunk is a movement of expression and exploration, so go out and explore/express!!!
A quick apology: This is not even close to a good coverage of the subject, but I was pressed for time and felt it was best to get down an incomplete, but useful, set of links than have none at all! As part of the update of my Science Fiction pages, I will be updating this information soon...
Links
- 2600 Magazine
- Agrippa - A copy of Gibson's Art-text project.
- alt.cyberpunk FAQ - FAQ for the alt.cyberpunk newsgroup.
- Bladerunner FAQ - Bladerunner is one fo my favourite films and, in my opinion, a very proto-cyberpunk film. I'm sorry but I just had to link to it! *grin*
- Cyber Dada Manifesto
- CyBerPunK - HOOK ME UP!
- A Cyberpunk Manifesto - by Christian Kirtchev
- Cyberpunk is dead - William Gibson interview, August 1994
- William Gibson
- Phrack Magazine
- Stelarc Home Page - Stelarc is a performance artist. Not just ANY performance artist, however... his work concentrates on redesigning the human body for the future. This is Human-Computer symbiosis NOW. Stelarc has worked on projects such as virtual hands and bodies, robotic limbs controlled via human muscles, remote controlled human bodies (including a performance controlled remotely over the Web) and more. Even if you think Art is just nonsense, give the site a look and glimpse at the body of the future.
- Bruce Sterling Info
- Survival Research Laboratories - Another performance art group. Not exactly cyberpunk, but definitely interlinked with many cyberpunk concepts.
