Preliminary Cyberpunk Curriculum, and Other Considerations
I mentioned somewhere (maybe Twitter, though, to be honest, my online correspondence has largely become a blur in the last few months) that I am considering developing an independent study graduate course dealing with cyberpunk and capitalism. This interest follows my attempts to conceptualize cyberpunk as a genre and the pressing curiosity as to the capitalistic claims of the genre. With that in mind, I’ve started putting together a preliminary “reading list.” I am, of course, quite open to suggestions or modifications to this list. Your thoughts are most welcome here. So, here goes (new additions added at 7:12 PM on Sept. 28th, 10:17 AM on Oct. 1st, and 12:34 PM on Oct. 8th — more additions are on the way, I just haven’t been able to update yet). Novels:Neuromancer by William GibsonVurt by Jeff NoonDead Girls, etc. by Richard Calder (love him)Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickCrash by J. G. BallardThe Integrated Man by Michael BerlynThe Shockwave Rider by John BrunnerWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec EffingerMemoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw LemSpin State/Spin Control by Chris MoriartySpacetime Donuts by Rudy RuckerSnow Crash by Neil Stephenson Mirrorshades edited by Bruce Sterling Nova by Samuel R. Delany Moxyland by Lauren Beukes Babylon Babies by Maurice G. Dantec Theory, etc.:Postmodernism by Fredric Jameson The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxMarx and Lenin (or works on them, at least)(This section is really where I need suggestions, particularly for books that are not Marxist critiques of capitalism) So, any thoughts?