Cyberpunk Science fiction in William Gibsonâ€...

Cyberpunk Science fiction in William Gibson’s Neuromancer

Author Name : R. Devi Raja Priya

ABSTRACT

Speculative fiction is a world that writers create, where anything can happen. It is a place beyond reality, a place that could have been, or might have been, if only the rules of the universe were altered just a bit. Speculative fiction goes beyond the horror of everyday life and takes the reader into a world of magic, fantasy, science. It is a world where you leave part of yourself behind when you return to the universe as we know it, the so-called real world. The issue of technology and its integration into society is a major pillar of most science fiction; however, it is not an essential feature of cyberpunk. The concepts of cyberpunk literature are futuristic, but technology is not prevalent in the literature. This paper analysis how cyberpunk involves in literature, and how William Gibson used this theme cyberpunk in his novel Neuromancer. In this Cyberpunk is a new genre which warns the future society.

Keyword: science fiction, themes, cyberpunk, etc.