cyberpunk n. 2

an author of, or protagonist in, cyberpunk n. 1

Now chiefly historical.

1984 G. Dozois Science Fiction in the Eighties in Washington Post Book World 30 Dec. 9/1 Gardner Dozois
About the closest thing here to a self-willed esthetic ‘school’ would be the purveyors of bizarre hard-edged, high-tech stuff, who have on occasion been referred to as ‘cyberpunks’—Sterling, Gibson, Shiner, Cadigan, Bear.
1986 M. Swanwick Viewpoint in Asimov’s Science Fiction 51/2 page image Michael Swanwick
Naming the Cyberpunks: A Rough Chronology…. The cyberpunks themselves started using the terms Neo Classicists (the formal morph) or (among themselves) Mirrorshades Writers.
1988 Locus Apr. 15/3
If California gonzo or the reigning punks (cyber and steam) don’t satisfy your taste for the unpredictable, try Jo Clayton’s Blue Magic.
1991 Fantasy Spring 37/1
What do you think of the experimental, and often deliberately controversial, fiction of the New Wave, Cyberpunks, etc.?
1991 Locus Sept. 23/1
Far more potent, at least for now, would be such figures as the cyberpunk antihero, the youth in search of his manhood, or even the citizen-soldier whose personal and political values are clear and untarnished by moral ambiguity or complexity.
2009 J. P. Kelly On the Net in Asimov’s Science Fiction June 10/1 page image James Patrick Kelly
He centered his narrative on the alleged literary wars between the cyberpunks and the humanists, which was actually more like contretemps than combat, but let that go.

antedating 1984

Gardner Dozois, in the Washington Post

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