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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Philip K. Dicks Novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", was the adapted book for the Blade Runner movie and one of the first Cyberpunk Genre books at that time. -
"The girl who was plugged in" is published
The girl who was plugged in was published in New Dimensions III and is commonly noted as proto-cyberpunk. -
Blade Runner Released
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner was a pivitol point in the Cyberpunk movement. It took the futuristic, cybernetic and gritty dystopian parts of Cyberpunk and put it into a neat package. -
Burning Chrome Published
William Gibson's second novel in his sprawl trilogy was "Burning Chrome". Continuing the cyberpunk phase, and received Nebula award in 1983 -
The term "Cyberpunk" first coined
Bruce Bethke publishes his short story "Cyberpunk in Amazing Science Fiction Stories; making it the first use of the term "Cyberpunk". -
Neuromancer published, term cyberspace is coined
The term cyberspace is first coined in William Gibson debut novel to his sprawl trilogy, Neuromancer. -
Time Magazine - "Cyberpunk!" cover
Time magazine releases their Cyberpunk cover issue. The general public are now informed about the Cyberpunk movement, most never having heard the term before.
