Five History Moments in Cyberpunk Cyberpunkreview,2007, Available at:<http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/wiki/index.php?title=timeline> (accessed on the 27th Aug 2012)

The First use of the word 'punk'

Jan 1, 1928

The use of the word 'punk' in the early days signified a criminal

Burning Chrome Published

Jul 1, 1982

Burning Chrome was published in 1982 by William Gibson and in 1983 it was nominated for a Nebula Award

'Cyberpunk ' short story published

Nov 2, 1983

A short story is published by Bruce Bethke in Amazing science Fiction stories. It was supposedly the first use of the term anywhere

John Shirley baffles the elders

Jun 28, 1986

in 1986 ,during the Science Fiction Research Association Panel, John Shirley baffled the elders when he said "Cyberpunk or Cyberjunk"

Cyberpunk Manifesto Released

Feb 14, 1997

In 1997 Christian As.Kirtcher released a Cyberpunk Manifesto.