Bibliography and Sources

The list below includes most recommended 'Cyberpunk' books and resources. Those we personally consider essential reading (particularly if you don't have much time!) are marked with an asterisk. This is in no way a complete list, so do send us comments if you would like to recommend any books or films, or have found any new websites to include in the listing.

Websites

• http://www.knarf.demon.co.uk/alt-cp.htm
  Frequently asked questions on alt.cyberpunk*
• http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/harrison/Cyberpunk/cyberpunk.html
  The Cyberpunk Reading List
• http://www.talsorian.com/linkcp.shtml
  Links for R Talsorian's CP2020 game
• http://www.nightfall.co.uk/info.html
  The (small) site for SLA Industries by those plucky devils, Nightfall Games Limited

Books

• William Gibson
  • *Neuromancer
  • Count Zero
  • Mona Lisa Overdrive
  • Burning Chrome*
  • Virtual Light
  • Idoru
• Philip K Dick
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
  • We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
• Norman Spinrad
  • Little Heroes
• John G Batancourt
  • Johnny Zed
• Joan D Vinge
  • Psion
  • Catspaw
• Bruce Sterling
  • The Artificial Kid
  • Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology* - A lovely collection of stories, particularly for people who want a taste of CP in a short time!
  • Islands in the Net
  • Crystal Express
  • Holy Fire
  • The Difference Engine (Gibson and Sterling)* - an excellent influence for Steampunk AND Cyberpunk fiction
• Larry McCaffrey
  • Storming the Reality Studio (Editor)
• Shippey
  • Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative
• Bukatman
  • Terminal Identity
• John Brunner
  • Shockwave Rider
• George Alex Efflinger
  • When Gravity Falls
  • A Fire in the Sun
• Steve Barnes
  • Streetlethal
  • Gorgon Child
• John Shirley
  • Ecliplse
  • Eclipse Penumbra
• Rudy Rucker
  • Softwear
  • Wetware
• Iain Banks
  • The Business
• Mick Farren
  • Vickers
• Walter Jon Williams
  • Hardwired
  • Voice of the Whirlwind
  • Angel Station
• Greg Bear
  • Blood Music
• Pat Cadigan
  • Synners
  • Tea from an Empty Cup
  • Mindplayers (out of print)
• Douglas Coupland
  • Microserfs
• Neal Stevenson
  • Snow Crash*
• Bruce Bethke
  • Headcrash
• Jeff Noon
  • Vurt
• Peter Hamilton
  • The Nano-flower*
• Mondo 2000

  (Thanks must go to Cyberpunk 2020: The Roleplaying Game of the Dark Future (R Talsorian Games) and The Cyberpunk Handbook [The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook] by St. Jude, R.U.Sirius and Bart Nagel)

  Films

• Bladerunner* - The ESSENTIAL CP movie.
  • http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/br/off-world.html
• Max Headroom* - We miss you!
• Strange Days*
• Wild Palms*
• Hard Rain*
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Sneakers
• Terminator 1 and 2
• the Alien trilogy ('Resurrection' doesn't count!)
• Liquid Sky
• Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
• Mad Max
• The Road Warrior
• Thunderdome
• Cyborg
• Total Recall
• Robocop 1 and 2*
• The Matrix
• Dark City*
• Existenz
• The Cell
• The Ghost in the Shell
• Akira
• Virtuosity
• Pi

  Roleplaying Games

• SLA Industries* - A definite influence for THIS Cyberpunk setting
• Cyberpunk 2020: The Roleplaying Game of the Dark Future (R Talsorian Games))
• Shadowrun
• GURPS Cyberpunk
• Cybergeneration

  Computer Games

  My list of these is woefully inadequate. Contributions gratefully received!
• Final Fantasy VII
• System Shock II
• Metal Gear Solid
• Deus Ex
• Fallout and Fallout II
• Beneath a Steel Sky
• Shadowrun (SNES & Genesis)

  Music

• Tori Amos*
• VNV Nation*
• Brian Eno
• William Orbit
• Apollo 440
• Joy Division* - Yay! A Babbage special
• Soundtrack to the Matrix

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