Keypoints of the Cyberpunk Genre

Cyberpunk is a dystopian genre of science fiction in a near-future setting that typically features advanced technology, artificial intelligence, and body modifications juxtaposed with gritty urban environments, social decay, and corporate control.

Keypoints of the cyberpunk genre:

• High tech, low life: Cyberpunk stories often explore the contrast between advanced technology and social inequality, poverty, and crime.
• Dystopian future: Cyberpunk settings are often dystopian, characterized by corporate control, environmental degradation, and social unrest.
• Advanced technology: Cyberpunk stories often feature advanced technology, such as artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants, and genetic engineering.
• Gritty urban environments: Cyberpunk stories are often set in gritty urban environments, such as neon-lit slums and megacorporations.
• Social decay: Cyberpunk stories often explore themes of social decay, such as crime, poverty, and addiction.
• Corporate control: Cyberpunk stories often explore the dangers of corporate power and control.

Other common elements of cyberpunk include:

• Body modifications: Cyberpunk characters often have cybernetic implants, such as artificial limbs, eyes, and brains.
• Hackers and cyborgs: Cyberpunk stories often feature hackers and cyborgs, who are people who have had their bodies modified with technology.
• Neo-noir atmosphere: Cyberpunk stories often have a neo-noir atmosphere, with dark and gritty visuals and a cynical tone.

The cyberpunk genre has been influential in a variety of media, including science fiction literature, film, video games, and music. Some notable examples of cyberpunk works include:

• Literature: Neuromancer by William Gibson, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Film: Blade Runner, Akira, The Matrix, Ghost in the Shell
• Video games: Cyberpunk 2077, Deus Ex, Shadowrun
• Music: Daft Punk, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy

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