Fifty key figures in cyberpunk culture
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Fifty key figures in cyberpunk culture
（Routledge key guides）
Routledge, 2022
- : pbk
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Includes index
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Description
A collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures in cyberpunk culture, this outstanding guide charts the rich and varied landscape of cyberpunk from the 1970s to present day.
The collection features key figures from a variety of disciplines, from novelists, critical and cultural theorists, philosophers, and scholars, to filmmakers, comic book artists, game creators, and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include: J. G. Ballard, Jean Baudrillard, Rosi Braidotti, Charlie Brooker, Pat Cadigan, William Gibson, Donna J. Haraway, Nalo Hopkinson, Janelle Monae, Annalee Newitz, Katsuhiro Otomo, Sadie Plant, Mike Pondsmith, Ridley Scott, Bruce Sterling, and the Wachowskis. The editors also include an afterword of 'Honorable Mentions' to highlight additional figures and groups of note that have played a role in shaping cyberpunk.
This accessible guide will be of interest to students and scholars of cultural studies, film studies, literature, media studies, as well as anyone with an interest in cyberpunk culture and science fiction.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. J. G. Ballard 2. Steven Barnes 3. Jean Baudrillard 4. Lauren Beukes 5. Rosi Braidotti 6. Charlton 'Charlie' Brooker 7. Pat Cadigan 8. David Cronenberg 09. Samuel R. Delany 10. Philip K. Dick 11. Cory Doctorow 12. Warren Ellis 13. William Gibson 14. Donna J. Haraway 15. N. Katherine Hayles 16. Nalo Hopkinson 17. Sogo Ishii 18. Ray Kurzweil 19. Jaron Lanier 20. Marshall McLuhan 21. Syd Mead 22. Misha 23. Moebius 24. Janelle Monae 25. Richard K. Morgan 26. Annalee Newitz 27. Mamoru Oshii 28. Katsuhiro Otomo 29. Marge Piercy 30. Sadie Plant 31. Mike Pondsmith 32. Thomas Pynchon 33. Rudy Rucker 34. Joanna Russ 35. Melissa Scott 36. Ridley Scott 37. Lewis Shiner 38. Masumune Shirow 39. Warren Spector 40. Stelarc 41. Neal Stephenson 42. Bruce Sterling 43. Allucquere Rosanne 'Sandy' Stone 44. James Tiptree, Jr. 45. Alvin and Wendy Toffler 46. Shinya Tsukamoto 47. Vernor Vinge 48. Lana and Lilly Wachwoski 49. Norbert Wiener 50. Shoshana Zuboff Honourable Mentions
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