Cyberpunk and the 1980s
2016
Computer Files, Websites
Gibson’s Neuromancer and the movie Blade Runner (based on the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) together formed a gritty, corporatized view of the future that set the standard for science fiction to come. Throughout the 80s, the concepts of corporatization took hold in science fiction, while at the same time, with real-life technological advances, authors began to investigate the concern that we are not changing technology—it is changing us. Delve into the question, “Are we already living in the world cyberpunk writers predicted?”.
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Author:
The Great Courses (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
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Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2016.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In Process Record.Title from title frames.FilmOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.In English
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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English
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418642
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Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/239697/external-image - Cover Image