Some Cyberpunk Materials

Basic Cyberpunk Biblio

Class Notes on CyberPunk
Cyberpunk Links
Critical Works About Cyberpunk
A Donna Haraway Bibliography

Basic Cyberpunk Biblio

See Bruce Sterling's Idea of What Every Well-Appointed "Cyberpunk SF" Library Collection Should Possess (circa August 1996)

For Other Reading Lists go to Cyberpunk Links

Anthologies/ Collections of Stories

Mirrorshades, The Cyberpunk Anthology. Ed. Bruce Sterling. 1986
Semiotext(e) SF 14, Volume V, Issue 2. Ed. Rudy Rucker, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson
Mississippi Review 47/48 (16.2-3). Ed. Larry McCaffrey. 1988.
Storming the reality studio : a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction. edited by Larry McCaffery. Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.

Influences and Precursors

William Burroughs (especially Naked Lunch mode)
Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
J.G. Ballard
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
Samuel Delany, Dhalgren
Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker

Manifestations in Other Arts

FILM: Blade Runner, Videodrome, Terminator, Mad Max et al, Brazil, Max Headroom, Robocop, Hardware, Tron Lawn Mower Man, Virtuosity, Johnny Mneumonic, Strange Days

MUSIC: Laurie Anderson, Devo, Skinny Puppy, Meat Puppets

VIDEOS: Peter Gabriel, Big Time, Cutting Crew, One For the Mocking Bird, Tom Petty, Jamming Me, Post-Modern MTV

ARCHITECTURE: Postmodernism

Anthologies

Mirrorshades, The Cyberpunk Anthology. Ed. Bruce Sterling. 1986
Semiotext(e) SF 14, Volume V, Issue 2. Ed. Rudy Rucker, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson
Mississippi Review 47/48 (16.2-3). Ed. Larry McCaffrey. 1988.
Storming the reality studio : a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction. edited by Larry McCaffery. Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.

Major Figures and Books

Baird, Wilhelmina. CASS TILIOGY: Crashcourse (1993), Clipjoint (1994), Pykosis (1995) Chaos Come Again (1996) -- nano-tech
Greg Bear, Blood Music
Bull, Emma. Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles (1991)
Pat Cadigan. Mindplayers (1987) Patterns (1989; SS) Synners (1991) Fools (1992) Parasite (1997)
Emily Devenport. Larissa (1993)
Steve Erickson. Days Between Stations
Elizabeth Hand, Winterlong (1990)
Willaim Gibson THE SPRAWL TRILOGY: Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) Burning Chrome (SS, 1986) Virtual Light (1993) Johnny Mnemonic: The Screenplay and the Story (1995) Idoro (1996)
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, The Difference Engine
Kathleen Ann Goonan. Queen City Jazz(1994) -- nano-tech The Bones of Time (1996) Mississippi Blues (forthcoming)
Marc Laidlaw, Dad's Nuke
Tom Maddox, Halo (1991)
Ore, Rebecca. The Illegal Birth of Bily theKid (1991) Gaia's Toys (1995) -- nano-tech, eco-terrorism, cyberspace
Piercy, Marge. He, She, and It (1991)
Rucker, Rudy. White Light (1980) Spacetime Donuts (1981) THE BOPPER TRIOLOGY: Software (1982, ) Wetware (1988), Limpware (forthcoming) The 57th Franz Kafka (1983; SS) Transreal! (1991; SS) Live Robots (1994; omnibus ed. of Software and Wetware) The Hacker and the Ants (1994; on-line)
Scott, Melissa. Trouble and Her Friends (1994)
Lucius Shepard, Life During Wartime (1987)
Lewis Shiner, Deserted Cities of theHeart (1988)
John Shirley, Eclipse
Heatseeker (SS)
Norman Spinrad, Little Heroes
Neal Stephenson. Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller (1988) Snow Crash (1991) The Diamond Age (1995)
Bruce Sterling. Involution Ocean (1977) The Artificial Kid Schismatrix Islands in the Net (1988) Crystal Express (ss) Globalhead (SS) Heavy Waether Holy Fire (1994) Schismatrix Plus (1996; SS omnibus collection)
Walter Jon Williams, Hardwired (1986) Voice of the Whirlwind (1987)