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Cybernetics, the word itself, is first coined by Norbert Wiener
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The book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' published and serves as a main muse for the movie Blade Runner
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John M. Ford's 'Web of Angels' shows an early depiction of cyberpunk before the genre is coined
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Blade Runner is released. It soon becomes the definitive cyberpunk movie and a visual representation of the genre
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The term Cyberpunk is first used by Bruce Bethke for his story of the same name.