Movies
Android - The plot of this films seems really similar to Blade Runner as one of the main characters later learns he is in an android. Also androids are illegal on Earth just like in blade runner.
Liquid Sky - A movie about aliens who devour endorphins after humans gets hi on heroin. It took place in present day, but it had a very dystopian feel.
Tron
Blade Runner (original)
Events
CBM announces next system: The Commodore 64 - Computers are becoming more and more advanced. This undoubtedly affected how Cyber Punk writers wrote.
Gibson attends ArmadilloCon and reads the first chapter of Neuromancer. - ArmadilloCon is the second longest running Science Fiction Convention. It is held annually in Texas. Since Neuraomancer is such an important book in Cyber Punk it is paramount that Gibson was getting people into it.
Books
Life, the Universe, and Everything is published -
Petra
Software is released by Rudy Rucker - This is yet another story about androids, and the plot revolves around free will and the human identity as the main character is to have his brain transferred into software. There is also a civil war on the moon which makes for a very dystopian mood.
Medical - Genes associated with Cancer
1983
Movies
War Games - Perhaps for the first time in film the destruction potential of computers was presented.
Videodrome - Shows attempts to show the effects of new technology. Videos can be used to cause people to think violent thoughts.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - In this film we see Darth Vader without the mask for the first time. After seeing the man who has always been little more than a machine we were forced to question the humanity of cyborgs.
Events
Gibson, Sterling, and Shiner visit Rudy Rucker - The greatest minds behind Cyber Punk meet together. Undoubtedly the discussed there work and possibly exhanged notes. Most likely this would lead to new ideas for future Cyber Punk stories
The word "Transrealism coined by Rudy Rucker - This combines fantasy elements in Science Fiction with current perceptions of reality.
AT&T cell phones released - Communication technology was drastically enhanced by this release. It would only be a matter of time before we would be in contact with eachother all the time. This would also
C++ developed
Personal Computer featured as man of the year in Time Magazine (Titled Machine of the Year)
Books and Stories
Cyberpunk published
Tales of Houdini
Red Star, Winter Orbit
Cheap Truth - This was a news letter developed by the Cyber Punk movement. This would enable them to spread information about this new literary movement
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