Key Moments in the History of Cyberpunk

'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Philip K. Dicks is published

Jan 30, 1968

Philip K. Dicks Novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', was the basis for the Blade Runner movie and one of the first Cyberpunk genre books at that time.

Film 'Blade Runner' is released

Jun 25, 1982

Directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is set in 2019 in a dystopian future in which manufactured beings called replicants are slaves used on space colonies and are legal prey on Earth to various bounty hunters who "retire" (kill) them

'Cyberpunk' by Bruce Bethke is published

Nov 1, 1983

Bruce Bethke coined the term cyberpunk in 1980 for his short story "Cyberpunk," which was published in the November 1983 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.The term was quickly appropriated as a label to be applied to the works of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan and others

'Neuromancer' by William Gibson is published

Jul 1, 1984

The first book in Gibson's Sprawl trilogy 'Neuromancer' was the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.

'Cyberpunk!' on the cover of Time Magazine

Feb 8, 1993

Time magazine releases their Cyberpunk cover issue. The article defines and clarfies the cyberpunk movement and makes the general public aware of it, most never having heard the term before.

Film 'The Matrix' is released

Mar 31, 1999