post-cyberpunk
2017 and the Rebirth of Cyberpunk
As far as cyberpunk culture goes, I’m a relative newcomer. I was unaware of the consolidation of futuristic, dark neo-noirs and conspiracy thrillers with urban environments as their backdrops as...
Trans-Sentient Aims Big, Does Better When its Focus is Small
Is this cyberpunk? Is that? Is it cyberpunk enough? The sameness of the kinds of questions that get passed around online circles about the genre can make anyone sick of cyber-anything. Just about ever...
Cyberpunk, Post-Cyberpunk, and the Maturing of a Genre
When cyberpunk emerged in the 1980s it didn’t come into existence from a vacuum. Previously authors like Phillip K. Dick, K. W. Jeter, Vernor Vinge, and J. G. Ballard had begun to explore some o...
Mr. Robot’s Corporate Culture
In Mr. Robot’s New York, there’s a clear distinction between classes and the influence they hold in the disparate social circles they inhabit. Interlopers are quickly detected. Deviation o...