Essays Tagged: "Cyberpunk"

William Gibson and the internet

unities, but now that it is getting much easier to access the web these groups are growing.The word Cyberpunk is nothing new in the world of the "net" and to science fiction readers , and it is this t ... ience fiction readers , and it is this term which names most of the online communities . Within the Cyberpunk cultures there are sub cultures such as hackers, phreaks ,ravers etc.. all have a connecti ...

(20 pages) 268 0 4.3 Jun/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Common security arguments.

d not expenses. In this report, an attempt to address Hackers, Crackers, Phreakers, Cypherpunks and Cyberpunks as part of the security threats in the Internet world.Who Are They?Hacker, "slang" for a ... re isn't much information about Cypherpunks except they write code and seems like another flavor of Cyberpunks. According to Cypherpunk Manifesto (1993), "cyberpunk" was a literature description credi ...

(12 pages) 381 0 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Bookreport: Neuromancer - William Gibson

This book is a mark in the sci-fi genre: it is supposed to be the first Cyberpunk book to be written and published. What is Cyberpunk? Its main characteristics: it takes pl ... would be at least as good as Dune, and I found it just wasn't, very nice but if it wasn't the first Cyberpunk book, I don't think it would become a member in the pantheon of sci-fi. I cant even give a ...

(4 pages) 41 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Technology is Two-Faced: Pros and Cons of the New World in which we live.

ay it is today? In other words, the "Electronic Minds, a group of free-minded rebels, also known as Cyberpunks" are the set of individuals to dedicate their life working with computers and the technol ... oice on what is displayed on the Internet. Although, Kirtchev also believes that, "It is hard for a Cyberpunk to live in an Internet. Although, Kirtchev also believes that, "It is hard for a Cyberpunk ...

(4 pages) 63 0 3.7 Sep/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Planet Of The Apes

an Hill in San Francisco. Mr. Quick is the author of twenty-one novels, among which are the seminal cyberpunk hit Dreams of Flesh and Sand, the best-selling pre-historic thriller The Last Mammoth, and ...

(3 pages) 9 1 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Postmodernism And Cyberpunk

share characteristics that highlight the close relationship of the literary trends they belong to (Cyberpunk and Postmodernism.) OUTLINE 1. DESCRIPTION OF POSTMODERNISM 1.1 Main characteristics.1.2 H ... 1.1 Main characteristics.1.2 How "The Undefeated" belongs to this literary trend.2. DESCRIPTION OF CYBERPUNK 2.1 Main characteristics.2.1 How Burning Chrome belongs to this literary trend.3. DIFFEREN ...

(10 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers