tag: proto-cyberpunk

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2018-11-12 Technology as a Tool for Alienation: an Analysis of Cyberpunk's Core Politics & Philosophy

by shadowlink

Preface Having dabbled in creative writing, I often find myself dissecting categories of fiction to isolate what makes them unique. It’s my belief that every mode of...
2018-06-19 Drum Memory Blues: a review of proto-cyberpunk novel Simulacron-3 (1964) Books & Fiction

by Pascal Rioux-Couillard (VSilhouette) · 1 log

Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 proto-cyberpunk novel Simulacron-3 takes place in a world where opinion polls are mandatory. As you stroll the sidewalk, someone might come to you with...
2016-07-13 La Jetée is a Still Journey Through Cyberpunk Time Movies & Anime

by Isaac L. Wheeler (Veritas) · 4 logs

La Jetée is a short film, written and directed by Chris Marker in 1962, that is best known for inspiring Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys and subsequently the SyFy television series....