Cyberpunk Coming True

... applying science fiction to the real world (something less specific to the New Wave); more attention to technological and social issues i.e. combining features of hard and social science fiction; and a description of the world as it will be in the near future. Cyberpunk: Predictions and Reality By the mid-20th century, science fiction was confidently perceived at the futurologist angle, correlating fiction with a hypothetical future, with the focus on supposed technological and societal changes. The work of ...