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Norbert Wiener coins the term cybernetics in his book Cybernetics which was published in 1948 (Cybernetics 2011) .
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William Burroughs who is said to be a forerunner to the cyberpunk genre, wrote Naked Lunch (Willam S Burroughs 2004).
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Do androids dream of electric sheep was published. This book is what Blade Runner was loosely based upon (Aspects and expectations 2003).
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Blade Runner was released. The first movie of the cyberpunk genre (Aspects and expectations 2003).
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William Gibson's Neuromancer was published. Many believe that this novel is the first of the cyberpunk genre, with Gibson to be the creator (Aspects and expectations 2003).
