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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” was first published in March, 1968. The author of this novel was Dick, Philip K. This novel was talking the different between human and androids, such as emotion, feeling, love, etc. In 1968, the word, “Cyberpunk”, did not appear. However, nowadays people classify this novel into a good example of Classic “Cyberpunk”. -
Blade Runner
“ Blade Runner” is a film which direct by Ridley Scott. It is based on a novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” which is written by Philip K. Dick. This film is released in 1982. The film discussed the humanity. Cyberpunk film started to become more popular after this film was released.Information Database The Cyberpunk Project (2004, July) Retrieved from http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/bladerunner.html -
Tron
This is another Cyberpunk film which directed by Steven Lisberger. The story was talking about a computer company opened a Master Control Program(MCP) but the MCP no longer to be controlled by human and it wanted to control the world. Therefore, the software engineer had to solve the problems and save the world.
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Cyberpunk by Bruce Bethke
This novel author , Bruce Bethke, is the one who create "Cyberpunk" this word. In his novel, he told about "Cyberpunk" means teenagers who is support anarchism and rely on the computer technology.
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Neuromancer by William Gibson
"Neuromancer" is William Gibson's debut novel. He became "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk because of this novel. In the story, William told about Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Genetic engineering, tec. He suggested these technologies are not good for human. Human may become weak because they are rely to much on computer.
The Book Report, Inc.(1996-2003) Authorsontheweb.com Retrieved from http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/neuromancer.asp
