Timeline of Cyberpunk

By johanna_197
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    History of Cyberpunk

  • Term "Cyberpunk" created

    Bruce Bethke invented the term "cyberpunk" for a short story/essay entitled The Etymology of Cyberpunk

  • Computer World

    Band Kraftwerk release album "Computer World"

  • Nueromancer

    Author William Gibson writes Neuromancer - a huge impact in the Cyberpunk movement from a literary aspect

  • Cyberpunk CD

    The "cyberpunk movement " goes mainstream when Billy Idol releases CD entitled "Cyberpunk"

  • The Cyberpunk Handbook

    As people grow more curious the Cyberpunk Handbook is published giving outsiders and insight on the electronic underground.

  • The Matrix

    Hollywood takes the cyberpunk movement to the next level as writers & directors Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski produce the Matrix