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Cyberpunk - a short story by Bruce Bethke

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The short story that gave the world the word cyberpunk, plus a foreword discussing the story's background and its place in what was to follow...

Cyberpunk - a short story by Bruce Bethke Cyberpunk a short story by Bruce Bethke Foreword (written in 1997) In the early spring of 1980 I wrote a little story about a bunch of teenage hackers. From the very first draft this story had a name, and lo, the name was-- And you can bet any body part you'd care to name that, had I had even the slightest least inkling of a clue that I would still be answering questions about this word nearly 18 years later, I would have bloody well trademarked the damned thing! Nonetheless, I didn't, and as you're probably aware, the c-word has gone on to have a fasc

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