In this week’s episode of A Reader’s History of Science Fiction, I discussed all of the various cyberpunk derivatives that have cropped up over the years. And much like the previous one about time travel, I ran through far too many titles to fit in the episode description, so I’ve written out the full list below.
Steampunk
Morlock Night by K. W. Jeter
The Wild Wild West (TV show)
Wild Wild West (film)
The Time Machine (2002 film)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Howl’s Moving Castle
The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (recommended)
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua
Dieselpunk
Children of the Sun (RPG) by Lewis Pollak
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Wolfenstein
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The Legend of Korra
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Atompunk
James Bond
The Jetsons
The Iron Giant (film)
The Incredibles
Fallout
Steelpunk
Snowpiercer
The Terminator
Mad Max
Clockpunk
Mainspring by Jay Lake
The Three Musketeers (2011 film)
Swordpunk
Treasure Planet
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Bronzepunk
Stonepunk
10,000 BC
The Land that Time Forgot
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Nowpunk
The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling
Scott Pilgrim
Steven Universe
Rick and Morty
Biopunk
Gattaca
Splice
Repo Men
Resident Evil
BioShock
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Twig (web serial) by John McCrae/Wildbow
Nanopunk
Prey by Michael Crichton
Deus Ex
Transcendence
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (recommended)