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19

Cyberpunk and the 1980s

Lecture no. 19 from the course: How Great Science Fiction Works

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Taught by Professor Gary K. Wolfe | 32 min | Categories: Literature & Language

Gibson's Neuromancer and the movie Blade Runner (based on the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) together formed a gritty, corporatized view of the future that set the standard for science fiction to come. Throughout the 80s, the concepts of corporatization took hold in science fiction, while at the same time, with real-life technological advances, authors began to investiga...