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Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life". The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk", published in 1983. It features advanced science, such as information...
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Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.
Sterling is, along with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker,...
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- Apr 14, 1954 (age 55 years)
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Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known for his speculative fiction works, which have been variously categorized science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and postcyberpunk. He has also written under the...
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- Oct 31, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Pat Cadigan
Pat Cadigan (born 1953) is an American-born science fiction author, whose work is described as part of the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and stories all share a common theme, exploring the relationship between the human mind and technology.
She was...
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- 1953 (age 57 years)
William Gibson
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later...
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- Mar 17, 1948 (age 61 years)
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George Alec Effinger
George Alec Effinger (January 10, 1947 – April 27, 2002) was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was a part of the Clarion class of 1970 and had three stories in the first Clarion anthology. His first published...
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- Jan 10, 1947
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- Apr 27, 2002 (age 55 years)
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John Shirley
John Patrick Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American science fiction and horror writer of novels, short stories, and television & film scripts.
John Shirley was born in Houston, Texas and grew up largely in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon....
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- Feb 10, 1953 (age 56 years)
Bruce Bethke
Bruce Bethke (born 1955) is an American author, best known for his 1980 short story "Cyberpunk" which led to the widespread use of the term, and his novel, Headcrash.
Bethke's collected thoughts on the cyberpunk subculture are collected on his...
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- 1955 (age 55 years)
Lewis Shiner
Lewis Shiner (December 30, 1950, Eugene, Oregon) is an American writer.
Shiner began his career as a science fiction writer, identified early on with cyberpunk, and later wrote more mainstream novels, albeit often with magical realism and fantasy...
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- Dec 30, 1950 (age 59 years)
