Follow-up questions - and what are all these other "-punks" - biopunk, steampunk, solarpunk, etc? Why are they all called -punk? And what is post-cyberpunk?

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Punk refers to a particular technological aesthetic brought forward into science fiction. Steampunk is probably the most visually known of these to the general populace, featuring an advanced version of Victorian mechanical technology. Cyberpunk is based on a far future technological aesthetic, usually with a hefty mix of neo 80s fashion. Solarpunk is imagining a technological future of integration with the biosphere. I'm assuming biopunk would feature a future technology centered around manipulating biological organisms.