I was first introduced to Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” many years ago and fell instantly in love with Cyberpunk. For those not familiar Postcyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction. Originally coined by Bruce Bethke, CyberPunk is derived from cybernetics and punk and was as the title of his short story “Cyberpunk,” from 1983. The Genre features futurist science based around information technology and cybernetics, mixed in with a breakdown or major change in society.
My favourite is The Diamond Age or “A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer” and the reason I was promted to make this most. We were talking about today as a must read for anyone in the digital media industry. It describes a future which has evolved from what we are creating today. Many of the social and techology is reflective of today. I would love to get my hands on the main feature of the story - Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer.
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