Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cyberpunk" in English language version.
Ballard's amazing kink-think-pieces on the intrusion of technology and media — "The Atrocity Exhibition", "Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown", "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race" (collected with others as The Atrocity Exhibition with illustrations by Phoebe Gloeckner) — paved the way for cyberpunk. Brian Aldiss practically populated his own subgenre with quirky epics like Acid Head War, a messianic tale of freestyle narrative set in a post-war Europe in which hallucinogenic drugs had affected entire populations, and Report on Probability A, an experimental story about the observations of three characters named G, S, and C.
Although many assume William Gibson's Neuromancer was a source of inspiration for Cyberpunk, it was only much later that Pondsmith read Gibson's groundbreaking novel. Instead, the designer cites his own key reference points for the game as the film Blade Runner and the novel Hardwired by Walter John Williams, who also helped playtest the RPG.
The world of the British Judge Dredd is quintessentially cyberpunk...
Although many assume William Gibson's Neuromancer was a source of inspiration for Cyberpunk, it was only much later that Pondsmith read Gibson's groundbreaking novel. Instead, the designer cites his own key reference points for the game as the film Blade Runner and the novel Hardwired by Walter John Williams, who also helped playtest the RPG.
