{"product_id":"fifty-key-figures-in-cyberpunk-culture-paperback","title":"Fifty Key Figures in Cyberpunk Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna McFarlane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGraham J. Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLars Schmeink\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures in cyberpunk culture, this outstanding guide charts the rich and varied landscape of cyberpunk from the 1970s to present day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection features key figures from a variety of disciplines, from novelists, critical and cultural theorists, philosophers, and scholars, to filmmakers, comic book artists, game creators, and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include: J. G. Ballard, Jean Baudrillard, Rosi Braidotti, Charlie Brooker, Pat Cadigan, William Gibson, Donna J. Haraway, Nalo Hopkinson, Janelle Monáe, Annalee Newitz, Katsuhiro Ōtomo, Sadie Plant, Mike Pondsmith, Ridley Scott, Bruce Sterling, and the Wachowskis. The editors also include an afterword of 'Honorable Mentions' to highlight additional figures and groups of note that have played a role in shaping cyberpunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible guide will be of interest to students and scholars of cultural studies, film studies, literature, media studies, as well as anyone with an interest in cyberpunk culture and science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna McFarlane \u003c\/strong\u003eis Lecturer in Medical Humanities at the University of Leeds, working on traumatic pregnancy and its expression in science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and is co-editing \u003ci\u003eThe Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first monograph is a study of William Gibson's novels, \u003ci\u003eCyberpunk Culture and Psychology: Seeing Through the Mirrorshades \u003c\/i\u003e(2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraham J. Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor with the School of English and Liberal Studies, Faculty of Arts, Seneca College. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eCyberpunk and Visual Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), and \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). In addition to numerous book chapters and journal articles, he authored \"Cyberpunk and Post-Cyberpunk\" for \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of Science Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and a chapter on feminist cyberpunk for \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLars Schmeink\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Fellow at the Europa-Universität Flensburg and Lead Researcher of the \"Science Fiction\" subproject of \"Future Work,\" a federally funded research project on labor in the 22nd century. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBiopunk Dystopias: Genetic Engineering, Society, and Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCyberpunk and Visual Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Cyberpunk Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and \u003ci\u003eNew Perspectives on Contemporary German Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783909343520,"sku":"9780367549138","price":55.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b5e031a1fc90bf35d5a3e94ec1867e7e.webp?v=1780596855","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fifty-key-figures-in-cyberpunk-culture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}