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long live the New Flesh! important artifacts of cyberpunk culture
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Burning ChromeBurning Chrome by William Gibson
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the sprawl trilogy [neuromancer/ count zero/ mona lisa overdrive]is obvious and very important- but this anthology of William Gibson's short fiction really established the genre of cyberpunk in sci-fi literature
Max Headroom: The Original StoryMax Headroom: The Original Story
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the very embodiment of cyberpunk with many eerie resonances with today's world [DVD not yet available]
Kinetic Engineering [VHS]Kinetic Engineering [VHS]
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clock dva represents the most serious exploration of cyberpunk/hacker themes of any musicial artist ever- here is a collection of audio/visual info-mandalas- a digital dream-machine of pulsating sensory data from their essential albums buried dreams/ man-amplified/ sign
Blade RunnerBlade Runner
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the innovative electronic soundtrack from Blade Runner
Blade Runner (Limited Edition Collector's Set)Blade Runner (Limited Edition Collector's Set)
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an amazing film that invented the genre of cybernoir- still looks fresh and awe-inpiring today
Tactical Neural ImplantTactical Neural Implant by Front Line Assembly
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the quintessential cyberpunk post-industrial/EBM album
The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)
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one of the first of the campy pop-culture sci-fi/horror films to exploit the cyber zeitgeist of the early 90s- pretty silly- but some interesting concepts about virtual reality- holds a special place for me because this came out on VHS around the same time I started my first EBM/industrial band and we sampled this film heavily for media bytes
The InfidelThe Infidel by Doubting Thomas
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a classic electronic album by Cevin Key and Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy- the perfect cyberscape
Black Box: Wax Trax! Records, The First 13 Years 3 CD Set, Includes 76-Page BookBlack Box: Wax Trax! Records, The First 13 Years 3 CD Set, Includes 76-Page Book by Various Artists
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chicago's wax trax! records was the biggest and most prolific label and distributer for the post-industrial/EBM bands that established and evolved the cyberpunk subculture at street-level
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix/ The Matrix Reloaded/ The Matrix Revolutions/ The Animatrix)The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix/ The Matrix Reloaded/ The Matrix Revolutions/ The Animatrix)
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more than any other film since Blade Runner- the Matrix is the culmination in film of cyberpunk philosophies and aesthetics
Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shell
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the ground-breaking anime that explores the most realistic near-future cyber-world ever depicted in film
Ghost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Collection Box SetGhost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Collection Box Set
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the series based on the film/manga- an even more detailed and mature vision of near-future society
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk AnthologyMirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology by Greg Bear
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THE anthology which established cyberpunk as a literary movement
BLAME! Volume 1 (Blame (Graphic Novels))BLAME! Volume 1 (Blame (Graphic Novels))
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the ultimate cyber-manga
Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
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a very complete vision of virtual reality and it's implications to society
SynnersSynners by Pat Cadigan
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a poetic story of love/ pain/ rock 'n' roll/ and virtual reality
HardwiredHardwired by Walter Jon Williams
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the best cyberpunk action/adventure novel-
Tek War - The complete First Season (Box Set)Tek War - The complete First Season (Box Set)
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a set of cybernoir films/series based on books by William Shatner [who also stars] that explores nearly every cyberpunk theme- much more important and intellignet than anything Shatner ever did in Star Trek- especially notable as the first occurance of the term 'internet'-
ShadowrunShadowrun
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shadowrun was a unique pen/paper cyberpunk-meets-sword-and-sorcery RPG that was later turned into a classic 16-bit video game- nerdy fun!
Cabaret Voltaire: Doublevision Presents Cabaret VoltaireCabaret Voltaire: Doublevision Presents Cabaret Voltaire
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cabaret voltaire really established the aesthetic sound/vision of cyberpunk counterculture more than any other artist
Wild PalmsWild Palms
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a mini-series heavily inspired by cyberpunk culture
Chaos & Cyber CultureChaos & Cyber Culture by Timothy Leary
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a collection of cyberculture essays and interviews by Timothy Leary
Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge : Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, anMondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge : Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Wetware, Designer Aphrodisiacs, Artificial Life, Techno-Erotic Paganism, an by Rudy Rucker
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a kind of pop-culture cyberpunk handbook
Cyberpunk [VHS]Cyberpunk [VHS]
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a nice documentary with Gibson/ Leary/ and various hackers/philosophers from 1990
VideodromeVideodrome
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twisted vison of video/sex/violence/flesh
Bubblegum Crisis: Remastered EditionBubblegum Crisis: Remastered Edition
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one of the first anime series to work within the cyberpunk milieu
Serial Experiments Lain - Boxed SetSerial Experiments Lain - Boxed Set
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a mindbending tale about a confused little girl who blurs the real and virtual world and discovers she is God
Johnny MnemonicJohnny Mnemonic
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another of the hollywood films from the pop-culture 'cyber' fad- based on Gibson's short story- a lot of cheese- but some great CG visoins of virtual reality
Accelerando (Singularity)Accelerando (Singularity) by Charles Stross
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here we have a story which mirrors the evolution of the cyberpunk subculture itself: it starts out with edgy and cool cyberpunk themes- but then deals with the implications of that and takes us beyond to and then through a technological Singularity where humanity becomes incomprehensible and godlike- just as cyberpunk has evolved into transhumanism