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Often considered to have been the creation of William Gibson in his seminal novel Necromancer,' the subgenre of cyberpunk can be traced back into the history of science fiction from the 1950s to the late 1970s, and emerged in reaction to the world of the 1980s. This new Pocket Essential guide looks in detail at the movers and shakers in the cyberpunk movement, from the early days of Gibson and Bruce Sterling through the feminist and British versions of the genre to the post- cyberpunk era. show more It also examines important genre films such as Blade Runner and The Matrix.' show lessTags
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Andrew M. Butler is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is the author and editor of many books, including (as co editor) The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (Routledge, 2009) and Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction (Routledge, 2009).
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- Cyberpunk
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- 2000
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- 813.0876209054 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Science fiction Collections and anthologies History of American science fiction
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- PS374 .C9 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Prose Prose fiction
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