List of cyberpunk works

This is a list of works classified as cyberpunk, a subgenre of science fiction. Cyberpunk is characterized by a focus on "high tech and low life" in a near-future setting.^[1][2] Common themes include advanced science and technology like artificial intelligence and cybernetics, powerful megacorporations, and a breakdown or radical change in the social order.^[3] While some works are widely cited examples of cyberpunk, such as Neuromancer in literature and Blade Runner in film, some others' classification is controversial. Cyberpunk has furthermore given rise to a number of derivative subgenres, the most notable of which is steampunk.

Print media

Novels

• Web of Angels by John M. Ford (1980)
• The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker^[4][5]
  • Software (1982)
  • Wetware (1988)
  • Freeware (1997)
  • Realware (2000)
• Dr. Adder (1984) by K. W. Jeter
• Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson
  • Neuromancer (1984)^[5][6]
  • Count Zero (1986)^[7]
  • Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)
• Schismatrix (1985) by Bruce Sterling^[8][9]
• Eclipse Trilogy (aka A Song Called Youth Trilogy) (1985–90) by John Shirley^[8]
• Psion (1985) by Joan D. Vinge^[5]
• Hardwired series by Walter Jon Williams
  • Hardwired (1986)^[9]
  • Voice of the Whirlwind (1987)^[10]
  • Solip:System (1989)^[11]
• Mindplayers (1987) by Pat Cadigan^[8]
• The Glass Hammer (1987) by K. W. Jeter
• The Marîd Audran series by George Alec Effinger
  • When Gravity Fails (1987)^[12]
  • A Fire in the Sun (1989)
  • The Exile Kiss (1991)
• Little Heroes (1987) by Norman Spinrad
• Islands in the Net (1988) by Bruce Sterling^[8]
• My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist (1990) by Mark Leyner
• Synners (1991) by Pat Cadigan^[5][8]
• Fools (1992) by Pat Cadigan^[8]
• Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson^[13]
• Bridge trilogy by William Gibson
  • Virtual Light (1993) ^[14]
  • Idoru (1996) ^[15]
  • All Tomorrow's Parties (1999)^[16]
• Heavy Weather (1994) by Bruce Sterling
• Trouble and Her Friends (1994) by Melissa Scott^[17]
• Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human (1995) by K. W. Jeter ^[18]
  • Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night (1996)
  • Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon (2000)
• Fairyland (1995) by Paul J. McAuley
• The Diamond Age (1996) by Neal Stephenson
• Holy Fire (1996) by Bruce Sterling
• Night Sky Mine (1997)^[19]
• Noir (1998) by K. W. Jeter^[5]
• One of Us (1998) by Michael Marshall Smith^[20]
• Starfish (1999) by Peter Watts^[21]
• Chimera (2000) by Will Shetterly^[22]
• Altered Carbon (2002) by Richard Morgan^[23]
• River of Gods (2004) by Ian McDonald^[24]
  • Cyberabad Days (2009)^[25]
• Accelerando (2005) by Charles Stross^[26]
  • Glasshouse (2006)^[27]
• The Mirrored Heavens (2008) by David J. Williams^[28]

Short story anthologies and single-author collections

• Burning Chrome (1986) by William Gibson
• Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986) edited by Bruce Sterling^[5][8][29]
• Patterns (1989) by Pat Cadigan
• Crystal Express (1989) by Bruce Sterling^[8]
• Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction (1992) edited by Larry McCaffery (contains both fiction and nonfiction)^[30]
• Hackers (1996) by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois
• Altered States: a cyberpunk sci-fi anthology (2014) edited by Roy C. Booth and Jorge Salgado-Reyes

Graphic novels & comics

• Akira (1982–1990) by Katsuhiro Ōtomo^[31]
• Ghost in the Shell (1989-1991) by Masamune Shirow.
• Neuromancer (1989) by Tom de Haven and Bruce Jensen^[32]
• Battle Angel Alita (1990–1995) by Yukito Kishiro^[31]
• Transmetropolitan (1997–2002) by Warren Ellis^[33]
• Blame! (1998) by Tsutomu Nihei^[34]
  • NOiSE (2001) Prequel to Blame!
  • Biomega (2007)
• Singularity 7 (2004) by Ben Templesmith^[35]
• The Surrogates (2005) by Robert Venditti^[36]

Magazines and journals

• Mondo 2000^[37]
• Ctheory (1996- )^[8]

Audiovisual media

Films

Note: most of the films listed are cyberpunk-related either through narrative or by thematic context. Films released before 1984 should be seen as precursors to the genre.

• THX 1138 (1971)
• The Terminal Man (1974)
• Logan's Run (1976)
• Futureworld (1976)
• Saturn 3 (1980)
• Escape from New York (1981)^[38][39]
• Burst City (1982)^[40]
• Blade Runner (1982)^[41]
• Tron (1982) ^[42]
• Videodrome (1983)^[43]
• Brainstorm (1983)^[44]
• Runaway (1984)
• Brazil (1985)
• Trancers (1985)
• RoboCop (1987)^[45]
• The Running Man (1987)
• Cherry 2000 (1988)
• Cyborg (1989)
• Gunhed (1989)^[46]
• Circuitry Man (1990)^[47]
• Total Recall (1990)
• RoboCop 2 (1990)
• Hardware (aka M.A.R.K. 13) (1990)^[48]
• Megaville (1990)^[49]
• Until the End of the World (1991)^[50]
• 964 Pinocchio (1991)^[51]
• Freejack (1992)^[52]
• The Lawnmower Man (1992)^[53]
• Split Second (1992)
• Nemesis (1992)
• Fortress (1992)
• RoboCop 3 (1993)
• Demolition Man (1993)
• Cyborg 2 (1993)^[54]
• Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
• Timecop (1994)
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995)^[55]
• Judge Dredd (1995)^[56]
• Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)
• Virtuosity (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)^[57]
• Hackers (1995)
• Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1995)
• Terminal Justice (1996)^[58]
• The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)^[59]
• Nemesis 3: Prey Harder (1996)
• Escape from Los Angeles (1996)
• Omega Doom (1996)
• Nemesis 4: Death Angel (1996)
• Nirvana (1997)^[60]
• The Fifth Element (1997)^[61]
• Gattaca (1997)
• Deathline (aka Redline) (1997)^[62]
• Pi (1998)^[63]
• Dark City (1998)
• Andromedia (1998)^[64]
• Skyggen (aka Webmaster) (1998)^[65]
• New Rose Hotel (1998)
• The Matrix (1999)^[66]
• eXistenZ (1999)^[67]
• The Thirteenth Floor (1999)^[68]
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• I.K.U. (2000)^[69]
• Avalon (2001)^[70]
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)^[71]
• Impostor (2002)^[72]
• Dead or Alive: Final (2002)^[73]
• Minority Report (2002)
• Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)^[74][75]
• Cypher (2002)^[76]
• Equilibrium (2002)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)^[77]
• All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)^[78]
• Code 46 (2003)^[79]
• Natural City (2003)^[80]
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)^[81]
• Paycheck (2003)^[82]
• Paranoia 1.0 (aka One Point 0) (2004)^[83]
• Immortal (2004)^[84]
• I, Robot (2004)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) ^[85]
• Avatar (aka Cyber Wars) (2004)^[86]
• The Island (2005)
• Æon Flux (2005)
• Ultraviolet (2006)
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)^[87]
• Chrysalis (2007)^[88]
• The Gene Generation (2007)^[89][90][91]
• Eden Log (2007)^[92]
• Sleep Dealer (2008)^[93]
• Tokyo Gore Police (2008)^[94]
• Babylon A.D. (2008)^[95][96]
• Gamer (2009)
• Surrogates (2009)^[97]
• Hardwired (2009)^[98][99]
• Repo Men (2010)^[100]
• Tron: Legacy (2010)
• In Time (2011)
• Dredd (2012)^{[101][102][103][104][105]}
• Oblivion (2013)
• Elysium (2013)
• The Zero Theorem (2013)
• Transcendence (2014) ^[106]
• Automata (2014)
• Chappie (2015)

Animation

• Megazone 23 (1985)^[107]
• Neo Tokyo (1986)^[108]
• Bubblegum Crisis (1987)^[109]
  • Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998)^[110]
• Akira (1988)^[111][112]
• Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)^[113]
• Silent Möbius (1991–2003)^[114]
• Genocyber (1993)^[115]
• Macross Plus (1994)
• Ghost in the Shell (Japan, animated):
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995, film)^[116]
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, film)^[117]
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.):^[118]
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.) (2002–2003)
  • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–2005)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006, film)
• Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013–)
• Serial Experiments Lain (1998)^[119]
• Batman Beyond (1999 - 2001)
• Dennō Coil (2007)^[120]
• Metropolis (2001)^[121]
• The Animatrix (2003)^[122]
• Heat Guy J (2003)^[123]
• Parasite Dolls (2003)^[124]
• Texhnolyze (2003)^[125]
• Wonderful Days (2003)^[126] Also known as Sky Blue.^[127]
• Code Lyoko (2003–2007)
• Burst Angel (2004)^[128]
• Fragile Machine (2005)^[129]
• Ergo Proxy (2006)^[130]
• Aachi & Ssipak (2006)^[131]
• Paprika (2006)^[132]
• Renaissance (2006)^[133]
• Vexille (2007)^[134][135]
• Technotise: Edit & I (2009, Serbia)^[136]
• Mardock Scramble (2010)^[137]
• Steins;Gate (2011)^[138]
• Psycho-Pass (2012)^[139]

Television and Web Series

• World on a Wire (1973)^[140]
• Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983)^[141]
• Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985). British television movie.
• Max Headroom (1987)^[142] American television series based on the UK TV movie Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
• Wild Palms (1993)^[143]
• TekWar (1994)^[144]
• RoboCop: The Series (1994)
• VR.5 (1996)
• Welcome to Paradox (1998)^[145]
• The X-Files, two episodes of the series were written by William Gibson and contain cyberpunk themes:
  • "Kill Switch" (1998)^[146]
  • "First Person Shooter" (2000)^[147][148]
• Harsh Realm (1999)^[149]
• Total Recall 2070 (1999)^[150]
• Dark Angel (2000–2002)^[151]
• Star Trek: Voyager
  • "Unimatrix Zero" (2000)
• RoboCop: Prime Directives (2000)^[152]
• Charlie Jade (2005)^[153]
• Dollhouse (2009–2010)^[154]
• Caprica (2010)
• Person of Interest (2011–present)
• Continuum (2012–present), set in the present with a protagonist who has time traveled back from a cyberpunk future in 2077
• H+: The Digital Series (2012–present)
• Almost Human (2013–2014)
• Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)

Music

Artists

• Angelspit^[155]
• Atari Teenage Riot
• Buck-Tick^[156]
• Clock DVA^[157]
• Covenant^[158]
• Death Grips
• Dope Stars Inc.
• Front Line Assembly^[159]
• Fear Factory
• Haujobb^[160]
• Headscan^[161][162]
• Iron Savior
• Juno Reactor
• Left Spine Down^[163]
• Nine Inch Nails^[164]
• Psydoll^[165]
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik^[166]
• Voivod^[167]
• Yellow Magic Orchestra^[168]

Releases

• Blade Runner by Vangelis ^[169]
• Cyberpunk by Billy Idol^[170]
• Outside by David Bowie^[171]
• Transverse City by Warren Zevon^[172][173]
• Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails^[174]

Video games

• Psychic City (1984)^[175]
• The Screamer (1985)^[176]
• Imitation City (1987)^[177]
• Hoshi wo Miru Hito (1987)^[175]
• Megami Tensei (1987)^[178][179]
• Neuromancer (1988)^[180]
• Snatcher (1988–1996)^[181]
• Flashback (1992)^[182]
• DreamWeb (1992)^[183]
• Shadowrun (SNES) (1993)^[184]
  • Shadowrun (Sega) (1994)^[185]
  • Shadowrun (2007)^[186][187]
  • Shadowrun Returns (2013) ^[188]
• Syndicate (1993)^[189]
  • Syndicate Wars (1996)^[190]
  • Syndicate (2012)^[191]
• Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)^[192]
• Burn:Cycle (1994)^[193]
• Delta V (1994)^[194]
• System Shock (1994)^[195]
• CyberMage: Darklight Awakening (1995)^[196]
• Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie (1995)^[197]
• Blade Runner (1997)^[198]
• Final Fantasy VII (1997)^[199]
• System Shock 2 (1999) ^[200]
• Deus Ex (2000)^[201]
  • Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003) ^[202]
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) ^[203]
  • Deus Ex: The Fall (2013)^[204]
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)^[205]
• Uplink (2001)^[206][207]
• Neocron (2002)^[208]
• Enter the Matrix (2003)^[209]
• Dystopia (2005)^[210]
• System Rush (2005)^[211]
• Crackdown (2007)
• Crackdown 2 (2010)
• Gemini Rue (2011) ^[212]
• Hard Reset (2011)
• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2012)
• Cypher (2012) ^[213]
• Remember Me (2013)
• Watch Dogs (2014) ^[214]
• Dex (2015)^[215]
• Satellite Reign (TBA)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (TBA)

Role-playing games

• Cyberpunk 2020 (1988–1990)
• Shadowrun (1989)
• Cyberspace (1990)
• GURPS Cyberpunk (1990)^[216]
• Metal Head (1990)^[217]
• Tokyo NOVA (1993)
• Sindome (1997–present)

Related nonfiction

• Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier (1991) by Katie Hafner and John Markoff
• A Cyborg Manifesto (1991) by Donna Haraway^[5]
• Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction (1992) edited by Larry McCaffery (contains both fiction and nonfiction)^[30]
• No Maps for These Territories (2000) documentary about William Gibson^[218]

See also

• Japanese cyberpunk
• Cyberpunk derivatives
• List of films about computers
• List of biopunk works

References

External links

• Cyberpunk Review- Detailed reviews and screencaps for all cyberpunk films and anime
• Cyberpunk Information Database - Original resource material from The Cyberpunk Project