CyberPunks.com is proud to present the first cyberpunk short story published on our site.
Please enjoy ‘The New Ship of Theseus’ from Rhodora O.
Well… we made it. 2020 is in the past. There was a pandemic, the virus. It is convenient to smirk and disengage, checking out into mind-numbing spaces of withdrawal. Let me click into a new void of internet exploration. Let me drift away into a new season. Three days become three months becomes a year. Do I still pay rent?
CyberPunks.com is proud to present the first cyberpunk short story published on our site.
Please enjoy ‘The New Ship of Theseus’ from Rhodora O.
We know cyberpunk movies, so let us tell you what you’re missing. What’s timeless? What didn’t age so well? Share this article, and we’ll make the case for They Live.
For some gatekeepers, Babylon A.D. probably won’t pass the cyberpunk smell-test due a sparsity of “high-tech”; however, its generous helping of “low-life” more than makes up for it (not to mention its interesting dystopian world). In our estimation, Babylon A.D. merits a cyberpunk deep dive.
Well… we made it. 2020 is in the past. There was a pandemic, the virus. It is convenient to smirk and disengage, checking out into mind-numbing spaces of withdrawal. Let me click into a new void of internet exploration. Let me drift away into a new season. Three days become three months becomes a year. Do I still pay rent?
Reading Annalee Newitz’s Autonomous is a deceptively fun experience for lovers of science fiction. From walls embedded with bioluminescent bacterial colonies that can light dark passages to cyborgs that feel touch so acutely that they can detect the distinct ridges of a fingerprint, the world of Autonomous is packed with fantastical biotechnology.
Congratulations! You’ve made it. After years of grifting, grafting and flawlessly executed, unscrupulous cyberpunk shenanigans, you’re indescribably wealthy and can slip the surly bonds of earth to join us on board our fortress in the sky.
Myanmar (also known as Burma) has a long history of violent coups and military conflicts. For every piece of information, there is disinformation. The military uses and abuses its power over the internet to spread propaganda and lies while censoring and spying on dissenters. As the conflict continues, the internet seems to play a major role with both the protesters and the oppressive military regime.
When CyberPunks.com launched in 2018, it wasn’t long until we were approached by dozens of earnest writers with short stories, novels and series filled with worldbuilding. It’s hard to keep up! When someone says that “cyberpunk is dead,” you don’t have to point at Cyberpunk 2077, you can just look at the creatives working in this genre — cyberpunk is thriving!
Years ago, in a World Bank publication on global poverty, Charles Tilly called sociological control which effectively keeps the masses stuck in the poverty cycle “The Politics of Exclusion” . . .
It was the social network that started them all. And now, Donald Trump fully intends to ‘Make MySpace Great Again’ for Americans ‘Making America Great Again.’ CyberPunks.com has got the exclusive story and an exclusive first look first look at the network. Visit MAGA MySpace today!
Rachel Beck’s The Glitch Logs are tapping into the same vein as K.C Alexander’s cyberpunk action thrillers. Glitch is a hacker of some notoriety. She’s a famous yet retired gamer girl and a veteran runner. She pulls off jobs against ‘corps that others only hear about in hushed tones.
Sex robots are the future, so David Rutland has a fireside chat with an up-and-coming bedroom developer. Why bother with Tindering, Grindr-ing and dating when it’s easier (and potentially cheaper) to order a willing and compliant non-sentient silicone alternative?