Key moments in the history of cyberpunk

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Mar 13, 1968

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

Oct 1, 1973

The girl who was plugged in was published in New Dimensions III and is commonly noted as proto-cyberpunk.

Blade Runner Released

Jun 25, 1982

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.

WILLIAM GIBSON'S 'BURNING CHROME'

Jul 1, 1982

Canadian author William Gibson releases the short-story 'Burning Chrome', becomes significant for the cyberpunk genre.

THE RELEASE OF RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'BLADE RUNNER'

Nov 16, 1982

Warner Bros Pictures releases the cyberpunk film Blade Runner from director Ridley Scott

WILLIAM GIBSON'S NEUROMANCER

Jul 1, 1984

William Gibson's Neuromancer has been labelled as "the novel that started it all, launching the cyberpunk generation, one of the century's most potent visions of the future."

TIME MAGAZINE DEDICATES COVER STORY TO CYBERPUNK

Feb 8, 1993

Time Magazine’s February 8 1993 cover article “Cyberpunk” introduces cyberpunk to the mainstream.

'THE MATRIX' HITS THEATRES

Apr 8, 1999

Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski release sci-fi action flick 'The Matrix' starring Keanu Reeves.