Cyberpunk

ccording to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, cyberpunk is a "term used to describe a school of sf writing that developed and became popular during the 1980s."

The word is believed to have been coined by author Bruce Bethke in his short story Cyberpunk, which appeared in Amazing Stories in 1983. It was subsequently picked up by writer and editor Gardner Dozois and used to describe a literary movement sparked by writers such as William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.

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