The term cyberpunk was coined in 1980, thanks to a short story of the same name by Bruce Bethke, but had already been coalescing since the 1960s thanks to New Wave science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick. Dick and authors like J.G. Ballard and Harlan Ellison had already been depicting dystopian futures in their novels and short stories by incorporating counterculture rebellion and class disparity.
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