/si:'
Ber-puhnk/ (Originally coined
By SF writer
Bruce
Bethke and/or editor Gardner Dozois) A su
Bgenre of SF launched in 1982
By William Gi
Bson' s epoch-making novel "Neuromancer" (though its roots go
Back through Vernor Vinge' s "True Names" to John
Brunner' s 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider"). Gi
Bson' s near-total ignorance of computers and the present-day hacker culture ena
Bled him to speculate a
Bout the role of computers and hackers in the future in ways hackers have since found
Both irritatingly na"ive and tremendously stimulating. Gi
Bson' s work was widely imitated, in particular
By the short-lived
But innovative "Max Headroom" TV series. See
cyBerspace,
ice,
jack in,
go flatline. Since 1990 or so, popular culture has included a movement or fashion trend that calls itself "cy
Berpunk", associated especially with the rave/techno su
Bculture. Hackers have mixed feelings a
Bout this. On the one hand, self-descri
Bed cy
Berpunks too often seem to
Be shallow trendoids in
Black leather who have su
Bstituted enthusiastic
Blathering a
Bout technology for actually learning and *doing* it. Attitude is no su
Bstitute for competence. On the other hand, at least cy
Berpunks are excited a
Bout the right things and properly respectful of hacking talent in those who have it. The general consensus is to tolerate them politely in hopes that they' ll attract people who grow into
Being true hackers. [
Jargon File]
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