I'm doing a paper on the recent intro of cyberpunk as a sub-genre to SciFi, why is it so "new", what does it have to say as literature unique to itelf, to sci fi generally? And so forth.
2006-06-16 09:23:46 · 2 answers · asked by DANIEL G 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's a sub-genre that's specifically urban, Earth-based, and futuristic. It's only "new" in a relative sense, in that the rise in popularity of the cyberpunk sub-genre is new, not the idea itself. The Shadowrun game and books are good examples of cyberpunk.
2006-06-16 09:27:49 · answer #1 · answered by JStrat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most accessible forms of science fiction will attempt to "look" just barely over the future's horizon, just ahead of what's happening today. The cyberpunk sub-genre tries to describe that rebelious, interconnected youth that may appear on the scene, not tomorrow, but the day after. The cyberpunk antihero will use his/her skill set to tweak the noses of the powers that attempt to rein in those youth that would rather not feel those constraints.
It's much like today's youth wants to do when they feel "the man's" heavy handed approach to defining civil behavior.
2006-06-16 16:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋