222:
to my surprise and delight I sold it, to a publisher who later regained his sanity and decided not to release it". This novel was purchased by a publisher via an exclusive contract that forbade Bethke to sell the novel to another publisher. However, the publisher decided not to release the novel, causing several years of legal battles over the rights to the book. Bethke has a downloadable version of the novel available for five dollars (as
221:
was originally written as a series of short stories in the 1980s. Bethke says "After I sold the original story in '82, I continued to work on the story cycle, publishing bits and pieces here and there throughout the 1980s. In '89 I pulled the major chunks together into the rough form of a novel, and
173:
How did I actually create the word? The way any new word comes into being, I guess: through synthesis. I took a handful of roots—cyber, techno, et al—mixed them up with a bunch of terms for socially misdirected youth, and tried out the various combinations until one just plain sounded
53:
168:
In the spring of 1980, Bethke was writing a story about children who lived immersed in a truly technological society, with their own culture, disparate from mainstream society as it appeared at that time. He describes the process as:
247:" ending; you know, the hero, center stage, with a mighty weapon in his hands, a cowering half-naked babe at his feet, and the blood-smeared corpses of his many enemies piled high all around.
251:
Bethke said that he refused because this end scene would have taken place in a school. He concluded that the book might indeed have sold better that way, but "sales aren't everything".
210:, though this term is not used in the story. He hangs out with friends who cause trouble online, encounters interference from his parents, and uses his skills to circumvent their will.
379:
239:, for the reason his publisher purchased the book but never printed it, Bethke replied that it was because he had refused to change the ending:
327:
267:
156:. Bethke subsequently expanded the story into a novel and made it available online in 2001. The story is most famous for coining the term "
374:
194:
was released a year later, the term "cyberpunk" came into widespread use as the name of the science fiction subgenre.
384:
206:, the reader learns that the character Mikey is a proficient and troublemaking computer virtuoso, essentially a
359:
203:
160:", which came to be used to describe the science fiction subgenre featuring rebellious use of technology.
312:
335:
235:
180:
152:
95:
79:
244:
185:
368:
147:
44:
301:
280:
17:
190:
40:
52:
106:
223:
157:
125:
121:
117:
178:
The story was printed three years later in the science fiction magazine
227:
207:
268:
Cyberpunk Women, Feminism and
Science Fiction: A Critical Study
233:
When asked, during a 2005 interview, by Lynne
Jamneck in
132:
112:
102:
90:
85:
75:
67:
59:
34:
360:Bruce Bethke : The Etymology of "Cyberpunk"
241:
202:Through heavy use of the literary technique of
171:
380:Works originally published in Amazing Stories
243:What the publisher wanted me to write was a "
8:
302:"Cyberpunk – a short story by Bruce Bethke"
281:"Cyberpunk – a short story by Bruce Bethke"
146:" is a 1983 science fiction short story by
322:
320:
51:
29:1983 short story and novel by Bruce Bethke
259:
31:
7:
25:
334:. Strange Horizon. Archived from
1:
401:
313:Cyberpunk, by Bruce Bethke
328:"Interview: Bruce Bethke"
50:
39:
283:. www.infinityplus.co.uk
249:
176:
338:on 25 November 2015
204:indirect exposition
375:1983 short stories
140:
139:
18:Cyberpunk (novel)
16:(Redirected from
392:
385:Cyberpunk novels
348:
347:
345:
343:
332:Strange Horizons
324:
315:
310:
304:
299:
293:
292:
290:
288:
277:
271:
264:
236:Strange Horizons
133:Publication date
103:Publication type
55:
32:
21:
400:
399:
395:
394:
393:
391:
390:
389:
365:
364:
356:
351:
341:
339:
326:
325:
318:
311:
307:
300:
296:
286:
284:
279:
278:
274:
265:
261:
257:
216:
200:
181:Amazing Stories
166:
153:Amazing Stories
150:, published in
96:Amazing Stories
80:Science fiction
30:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
398:
396:
388:
387:
382:
377:
367:
366:
363:
362:
355:
354:External links
352:
350:
349:
316:
305:
294:
272:
258:
256:
253:
245:Frazetta cover
215:
212:
199:
196:
186:William Gibson
165:
162:
138:
137:
134:
130:
129:
114:
110:
109:
104:
100:
99:
92:
88:
87:
83:
82:
77:
73:
72:
69:
65:
64:
61:
57:
56:
48:
47:
37:
36:
28:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
397:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
372:
370:
361:
358:
357:
353:
337:
333:
329:
323:
321:
317:
314:
309:
306:
303:
298:
295:
282:
276:
273:
270:
269:
263:
260:
254:
252:
248:
246:
240:
238:
237:
231:
229:
225:
220:
213:
211:
209:
205:
197:
195:
193:
192:
187:
183:
182:
175:
170:
163:
161:
159:
155:
154:
149:
145:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
108:
105:
101:
98:
97:
93:
89:
84:
81:
78:
74:
70:
66:
63:United States
62:
58:
54:
49:
46:
42:
38:
33:
27:
19:
340:. Retrieved
336:the original
331:
308:
297:
285:. Retrieved
275:
266:
262:
250:
242:
234:
232:
218:
217:
201:
198:Plot summary
189:
179:
177:
172:
167:
151:
148:Bruce Bethke
143:
141:
94:
91:Published in
45:Bruce Bethke
26:
342:27 November
191:Neuromancer
86:Publication
41:Short story
35:"Cyberpunk"
369:Categories
255:References
113:Media type
107:Periodical
224:shareware
219:Cyberpunk
188:'s novel
158:cyberpunk
144:Cyberpunk
126:paperback
184:. After
122:hardback
118:Magazine
76:Genre(s)
68:Language
164:History
116:Print (
71:English
60:Country
228:Scribd
208:hacker
174:right.
124:&
287:7 May
226:) on
214:Novel
344:2015
289:2017
136:1983
43:by
371::
330:.
319:^
230:.
120:,
346:.
291:.
142:"
128:)
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
