And, somehow, group labels never quite fit the individual, giving rise to an abiding itchiness. Scarcely any writer is happy about labels-especially one with the peculiar ring of "cyberpunk." Literary tags carry an odd kind of double obnoxiousness: those with a label feel pigeonholed those without feel neglected. This movement was quickly recognized and given many labels: Radical Hard SF, the Outlaw Technologists, the Eighties Wave, the Neuromantics, the Mirrorshades Group.īut of all the labels pasted on and peeled throughout the early Eighties, one has stuck: cyberpunk. Their allegiance to Eighties culture has marked them as a group - as a new movement in science fiction. This book showcases writers who have come to prominence within this decade. First published in Omni, September, 1985. “Mozart in Mirrorshades” is © 1985 by Omni Publications International Ltd. Appears in Burning Chrome, Copyright © William Gibson 1986. ‘Red Star, Winter Orbit’ © by Omni Publications International Ltd, 1983. “Stone Lives” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1985. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1984. “Till Human Voices Wake Us” © 1984 by Mercury Press, Inc. “Petra” Copyright © 2004 by Greg Bear, “Petra” copyright © 1981 by Omni Publications International, Ltd. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Davis Publications, Inc. First appeared in Omni Magazine, November 1983. “Tales of Houdini” appears in Complete Stories Copyright © 2016 Rudy Rucker “400 Boys” copyright 1983 by Marc Laidlaw. First published in Light Years And Dark (Berkley). “Snake Eyes” by Tom Maddox is released under a Creative Commons License: "Freezone (Original Version)" Copyright © John Shirley 1986, John Shirley and Paula Guran. “Freezone” * extracted from Eclipse, Copyright © 2012 by John Shirley. First published in Omni, September 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Omni Publications International Ltd. “Mozart in Mirrorshades” by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner. Copyright © 1983 by Omni Publications International Ltd. “Red Star, Winter Orbit” by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1985.
‘Till Human Voices Wake Us” by Lewis Shiner. First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1985. First published in Light Years and Dark (Berkley). Copyright © 1986 by Omni Publications International Ltd. “The Gernsback Continuum” by William Gibson. Mirrorshades anthology copyright © 1986 by Bruce Sterling. “The high-tech language and experimental styles of Greg Bear, William Gibson and other new wave writers provide a kaleidoscopic vision of tomorrow’s brave new world.” - Library Journal They write hard-edged macrofiction that is ripe with ideas, gracefully written and appropriate to this age of instantaneous global communication and babies whelped in petri ishes.” - Wall Street Journal “Cyberpunks thrive in a niche where high-tech and high-literature interface. Raymond Chandler on uppers.” - The Village Voice “The hip, musically literate high-tech movement known as ‘cyberpunk’ has rocked the once-nerdy precincts of ‘hard’ science fiction. They are often sexy, occasionally lewd, always frightening, are filled with black humor, obsessed with the interface of high-tech and pop underground, and always fascinating.” - Fantasy Review “A wild and potent collection by some of the brightest new writers in science fiction, mixing technology with desire, flashing futures within a starred mirror.” -Roger Zelazny
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