Full record for cyberpunkish adj.

Definition resembling or reminiscent of cyberpunk
OED requirements antedating 1989
Earliest cite Ian Watson in 'Nebula Awards 23'
Comment Jeff Prucher submitted a 1997 cite from Ed Bryant in Locus. Jeff Prucher submitted a 1989 cite from an article by Ian Watson in "Nebula Awards 23". Enoch Forrester submitted a 1990 cite from a review by Ken Rolston in Dragon Magazine.
Last modified 6 July, 2008

Citations for cyberpunkish adj.

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1989 I. Watson World Renews Itself in M. Bishop Nebula Awards 23 (1989) 9 Pat Cadigan's first novel, Mindplayers , explores the fast track of the brain-wired consciousness industry in hardbitten, wisecracking, cyberpunkish style.
1992 Locus Aug. 13/1 ‘Death of Reason’ is a very good near-future cyberpunkish detective thriller, featuring lots of interesting gizmos like biostatic technology.
1995 Interzone Feb. 63/2 Calder's second book, this short, densely-packed, cyberpunkish tale looks to be a sequel of sorts to his first.
1995 Interzone Jan. 56/2 Although it is set in the same nada -continuum future history as his early short stories, it does not share their headlong nervy rush and the crammed exotica of their cyberpunkish scenarios.
1996 SFX May 24/3 The final piece of the definition I favour is clan-identity. This is seen in many ‘cyberpunk-ish’ stories, in terms of both the street gangs and the corporate structure.