SFF Addicts Ep. 26: Cyberpunk (Past, Present, Future) (with Malka Older, T. R. Napper, Lincoln Michel & Craig Lea Gordon)
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Malka Older, T. R. Napper, Lincoln Michel and Craig Lea Gordon as they decode the (virtual) realities of cyberpunk's past, present and future. During the panel they discuss what attracts them to cyberpunk, the genre's origins in noir, the contrast between cities and apocalyptic landscapes, worn out cyberpunk tropes and aesthetics, big themes like biotech and transhumanism, memory and reality, information and AI, as well as how the genre can be resuscitated in the 21st-century and much more.
ESSAYS MENTIONED:
T. R. Napper's article 'The Ultimate Cyberpunk Primer'
Lincoln Michel's essay 'The Future in the Flesh'
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Malka Older is an author, aid worker and sociologist, and wrote the Centenal Cycle, including her debut Infomocracy, and the short story collection …and Other Disasters. She also created the fiction serial Ninth Step Station.
Find Malka on Twitter or her personal website.
T. R. Napper is a former aid worker and now award-winning author, having published the novel 36 Streets and the short story collection Neon Leviathan. He also wrote his Doctorate thesis in Creative Writing on 'The Dark Century: 1946-2046. Noir, Cyberpunk and Asian Modernity.'
Find Tim on Twitter or his personal website.
Lincoln Michel is an author, teacher and editor. His short fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Tin House, NOON and more, and his essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and Vice, among others. He also wrote the novel The Body Scout and the story collection Upright Beasts.
Find Lincoln on Twitter or his personal website.
Craig Lea Gordon is the author of ARvekt, Hypercage, Obey Defy, the Acid Suite books and more.
Find Craig on Twitter or SoundCloud.
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MUSIC:
Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz
Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz
Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz
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