Tag: cyberpunk
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Neuromancer by William Gibson – A Cyberpunk Classic in Context
Historical and Cultural Context In 1984, William Gibson’s debut novel Neuromancer burst onto the science fiction scene, helping launch a bold new subgenre that came to be known as cyberpunk. The early 1980s provided fertile ground for this movement – a time of Cold War anxieties, rising conservatism, and rapid technological change. Personal computing was…
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The Terminator (1984): A Warning and a Mirror to Humanity
In 1984, James Cameron’s The Terminator introduced the world to a nightmarish future where humanity’s own creation – a military artificial intelligence called Skynet – turns against it. The film depicts an indestructible cyborg assassin (Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iconic Terminator) sent back in time to exterminate Sarah Connor, the mother of humanity’s future resistance leader. The…