History of CyberPunk By Alexxxx94 Aug 29, 1928 Early use of the term "punk" to signify a criminal Aug 29, 1948 "Cybernetics"84" published coined by Norbert WienerGeorge Orwell's "1984" published Jan 1, 1983 The name 'Cyberpunk' created by Bruce Bethke It originated as a short story. Jan 1, 1990 Trends and fashion and music beginning to be labelled as 'Cyberpunk' Cyberpunk was becomming it's own subgenre Aug 29, 2004 Cyber Punk taught to students at George Mason University Kirby Malone educated her university students about Cyberpunk