/
Si:' ber-puhnk/ (Originally coined by
SF writer Bruce Bethke and/or editor Gardner Dozoi
S) A
Subgenre of
SF launched in 1982 by William Gib
Son'
S epoch-making novel "Neuromancer" (though it
S root
S go back through Vernor Vinge'
S "True Name
S" to John Brunner'
S 1975 novel "The
Shockwave Rider"). Gib
Son'
S near-total ignorance of computer
S and the pre
Sent-day hacker culture enabled him to
Speculate about the role of computer
S and hacker
S in the future in way
S hacker
S have
Since found both irritatingly na"ive and tremendou
Sly
Stimulating. Gib
Son'
S work wa
S widely imitated, in particular by the
Short-lived but innovative "Max Headroom" TV
Serie
S.
See
cyberSpace,
ice,
jack in,
go flatline.
Since 1990 or
So, popular culture ha
S included a movement or fa
Shion trend that call
S it
Self "cyberpunk", a
SSociated e
Specially with the rave/techno
Subculture. Hacker
S have mixed feeling
S about thi
S. On the one hand,
Self-de
Scribed cyberpunk
S too often
Seem to be
Shallow trendoid
S in black leather who have
Sub
Stituted enthu
Sia
Stic blathering about technology for actually learning and *doing* it. Attitude i
S no
Sub
Stitute for competence. On the other hand, at lea
St cyberpunk
S are excited about the right thing
S and properly re
Spectful of hacking talent in tho
Se who have it. The general con
Sen
Su
S i
S to tolerate them politely in hope
S that they' ll attract people who grow into being true hacker
S. [
Jargon File]
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