Some good cyberpunk

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Inspired by M. John Harrison’s list of fantasy works. I reserve the right to update it.

  • “Notes on the Anaytical Engine”, Ada Lovelace, 1842-43
  • Memex, Vannevar Bush, 1936-1945
  • Computer bugs, Grace Hopper, 1945
  • Future Shock, Alvin Toffler 1970
  • “The Girl Who Was Plugged In”, James Tiptree 1973
  • Altair 8800, 1975
  • The Shockwave Rider, John Brunner 1975
  • Usenet, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis 1979
  • Web of Angels, John M. Ford 1980
  • The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler 1980
  • Software, Rudy Rucker 1982
  • Blade Runner, Ridley Scott 1982
  • American Flagg!, Howard Chaykin 1983
  • Videodrome, David Lynch 1983
  • “Rock On”, Pat Cadigan, 1984
  • Neuromancer, William Gibson 1984
  • Frontera, Lewis Shiner 1984
  • Big Bang, 1986
  • Burning Chrome, William Gibson 1986
  • Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling 1985
  • Mirrorshades, Bruce Sterling, editor 1986
  • Hardwired, Walter Jon Williams 1986
  • Bubblegum Crisis, Katsuhito Akiyama et all 1987
  • When Gravity Fails…, George Alec Effinger 1987
  • Max Headroom, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton 1987
  • Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo et all 1988
  • Islands in the Net, Bruce Sterling 1988
  • HTTP/WWW, Tim Berners-Lee 1990
  • Operation Sundevil, US government 1990
  • Snowcrash, Neal Stephenson 1992
  • Mosaic, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina 1993
  • WiReD, Louis Rossetto et all 1993
  • Fairyland, Paul J. McAuley 1995
  • Headcrash, Bruce Bethke 1995

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