NEEDED: DATES OF IMPORTANT SCI-FI MOVIES, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, WORLD/POLITICAL/CORPORATE EVENTS
1975 |
-1975: The Shockwave Rider, John Brunner. |
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-1977: Gibson publishes his first short story, "Fragments of a Hologram Rose." -1977: Sterling publishes his first novel Involution Ocean. |
1980 |
-1980: The Artificial Kid, Bruce Sterling's second novel. |
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-1982: Rudy Rucker goes cyberpunk with Software. -1982: Joan Vinge writes Psion. -1982: [FILM] Blade Runner -1982: [FILM] TRON -1984: Gibson's first novel, Neuromancer, was published. -1984: Lewis Shiner's first novel, Frontera. -1984: [FILM] Terminator |
1985 |
-1985: John Shirley starts the Eclipse trilogy. -1985: Blood Music, by Greg Bear. |
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-1986: Mirrorshades, edited by Sterling. -1986: Hard Wired, by Walter Jon Williams. -1987: Pat Cadigan publishes Mindplayers. -1987: Effinger releases When Gravity Fails. -1987: [FILM] Robocop -1988: Gibson finishes the Cyberspace trilogy with Mona Lisa Overdrive. -1988: Islands In The Net, Bruce Sterling. |
1990 |
-1990: Shirley finishes the Eclipse trilogy (with Eclipse Corona). -1990: [FILM] Total Recall |
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-1991: Synners, by Cadigan. -1991: Effinger finishes his cyberpunk trilogy with The Exile Kiss. -1991: [FILM] Terminator 2: Judgement Day -1992: Stephenson comes on the scene with Snow Crash. -1993: Baird starts the Crashcourse trilogy. -1993: [FILM] Lawnmower Man |
1995 |
-1995: The Diamond Age, Stephenson. -1995: Baird finishes her first trilogy with Psykosis. -1995: [FILM] Johnny Mnemonic -1995: [FILM] Strange Days -1995: [FILM/ANIME] Ghost in the Shell |
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-1996: Gibson's latest novel, Idoru. -1996: Sterling's latest, Holy Fire. -1996: Vinge ends up with a trilogy --Dreamfall is published. -1997: Rudy Rucker finishes his trilogy with Freeware. |
1998 |
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