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Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life". The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983. It features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth. The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but te...more
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“Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.
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― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
“Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things—though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside.
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― Jess C. Scott, The Other Side of Life
― Jess C. Scott, The Other Side of Life
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Artificial Evil: Book 1 of the Techxorcist
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