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'''Biopunk''' (a ] of "]" and "]") is a ] of ] that focuses on biotechnology. It is derived from ], but focuses on the implications of biotechnology rather than ].<ref name="Quinion 1997">{{cite journal| author = Quinion, Michael| title = World Wide Words: Biopunk| year = 1997 | url = http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-bio3.htm| accessdate=2007-01-26}}</ref> Biopunk is concerned with ]. It is derived of cyberpunk involving ], biotech ]s, and oppressive government agencies that ] ]. Most often keeping with the dark atmosphere of cyberpunk, biopunk generally examines the dark side of ] and represents the low side of ]. Common ideas of this subgenre are biotechnologies in the context of the ], the value and nature of life and humanity, ], misusage of biotechnologies for ] and profit.<ref>http://bestsciencefictionbooks.com/biopunk-science-fiction.php</ref> |
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'''Biopunk''' (a ] of "]" or "]" and "]") is a ] of ] that focuses on biotechnology. It is derived from ], but focuses on the implications of biotechnology rather than ] ] and ].<ref name="Quinion 1997">{{cite journal| author = Quinion, Michael| title = World Wide Words: Biopunk| year = 1997 | url = http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-bio3.htm|website=Worldwidewords.org| access-date=2007-01-26}}</ref> Biopunk is concerned with ]. It is derived from cyberpunk and involve ], biotech ]s, and oppressive government agencies that ] ]. Most often keeping with the dark atmosphere of cyberpunk, biopunk generally examines the dark side of ] and depicts the potential perils of ]. |
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Biopunk (science fiction) is a subgenre closely related to cyberpunk that focuses on the near-future (most often ]) consequences of the ] following the discovery of ]. Biopunk stories explore the struggles of individuals or groups, often the product of ], against a typically ] backdrop of ] governments and megacorporations which misuse biotechnologies as means of social control and ]. Unlike cyberpunk, it builds not on ], but on ]. Like in ] fiction, individuals are usually ] and ] not with ], but by ].<ref name="Quinion 1997"/> A common feature of biopunk fiction is the "black clinic", which is a laboratory, clinic, or hospital that performs illegal, unregulated, or ethically-dubious biological modification and ] procedures.<ref name="Pulver 1998">{{cite book| author = Pulver, David L. | title = ]| publisher=] | year=1998 | isbn=1-55634-336-1| authorlink= David L. Pulver}}</ref> Many features of biopunk fiction have their roots in ]'s '']'', one of the first cyberpunk novels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0006/biopunk.php|title=Fleshing Out the Maelstrom: Biopunk and the Violence of Information|author=Paul Taylor|publisher=Journal of Media and Culture}}</ref> |
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Biopunk is a subgenre of science fiction closely related to cyberpunk that focuses on the near-future (most often ] of the ] following the invention of ]. Biopunk stories explore the struggles of individuals or groups, often the product of ], against a typically ] backdrop of ] governments and megacorporations which misuse biotechnologies as means of ] and ]. Unlike cyberpunk, it builds not on ], but on ]. Like in ] fiction, individuals are usually ] and ] not with ], but by ].<ref name="Quinion 1997"/> A common feature of biopunk fiction is the "black clinic", which is a laboratory, clinic, or hospital that performs illegal, unregulated, or ethically dubious ] and ] procedures.<ref name="Pulver 1998">{{cite book| author = Pulver, David L. | title = GURPS Bio-Tech| publisher=] | year=1998 | isbn=978-1-55634-336-0| author-link= David L. Pulver| title-link = GURPS Bio-Tech}}</ref> Many features of biopunk fiction have their roots in ]'s '']'', one of the first cyberpunk novels.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0006/biopunk.php|title=Fleshing Out the Maelstrom: Biopunk and the Violence of Information|author=Paul Taylor|journal=M/C Journal |date=June 2000 |volume=3 |issue=3 |publisher=Journal of Media and Culture|doi=10.5204/mcj.1853 |doi-access=free }}</ref> |
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One of the prominent writers in this field is ], though he called his collection of such stories '''ribofunk''', a blend of "]" and "]".<ref name="Fisher 1996">{{cite journal| author = Fisher, Jeffrey| title = Ribofunk| year = 1996 | url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/ribopunk_pr.html| accessdate=2007-01-26}}</ref> In ''RIBOFUNK: The Manifesto'',<ref name="Di Filippo 1998">{{cite paper| author = Di Filippo, Paul | title = RIBOFUNK: The Manifesto | year = 1998 | url = http://www.streettech.com/bcp/BCPtext/Manifestos/Ribofunk.html | accessdate=2011-01-05 | authorlink = Paul Di Filippo}}</ref> Di Filippo wrote: |
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One of the prominent writers in this field is ], though he called his collection of such stories '''ribofunk''', a blend of "]" and "]".<ref name="Fisher 1996">{{cite magazine| author = Fisher, Jeffrey| title = Ribofunk| magazine = Wired| year = 1996 | url = https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/ribopunk_pr.html| access-date=2007-01-26}}</ref><ref name="Di Filippo 1998">{{cite web| author = Di Filippo, Paul | title = RIBOFUNK: The Manifesto | year = 1998 | url = http://www.streettech.com/bcp/BCPtext/Manifestos/Ribofunk.html |website=Streettech.com| access-date=2011-01-05 | author-link = Paul Di Filippo}}</ref> Di Filippo suggests that precursors of biopunk fiction include ]' '']''; ]'s '']''; some of ]'s stories, ]'s ''Natural State and Other Stories''; ] and ]'s '']''; novels of ] and ]; ]'s '']'' and ]'s '']''.<ref name="Di Filippo 1998" /> The stories of ], including his first and most famous '']'', also foreshadow biopunk themes.<ref>Gary K. Wolfe and Carol T. Williams, "The Majesty of Kindness: The Dialectic of Cordwainer Smith". In Thomas D. Clareson, editor, ''Voices for the Future: Essays on Major Science Fiction Writers'', Volume 3. Popular Press, 1983, pp. 53–72</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Bio-Tech/bibliography.html|title=GURPS Bio-Tech – Bibliography|website=Sjgames.com|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> Another example is the '']'' series published from 1999 to 2003, which prominently feature the Yuuzhan Vong who exclusively use biotechnology. |
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{{quotation|Why Ribo?<br/>Cybernetics was a dead science when cyberpunk SF was born, a cul-de-sac without living practitioners. Furthermore, the "cyber" prefix has been irreparably debased by overuse, in vehicles ranging from comic books to bad movies. The tag now stands for nothing in the public mind but computer hacking and fanciful cyborgs such as Robocop. And Weiner's actual texts do not provide enough fruitful metaphors for constructing a systematic worldview.<br/>Why Funk?<br/>Punk was a dead music when cyberpunk SF was born, a cul-de-sac albeit with living practitioners who just hadn't gotten the message yet. The music's nihilistic, chiliastic worldview had already culminated in its only possible end: self-extinction.<br/>What is Ribofunk then?<br/>Ribofunk is speculative fiction which acknowledges, is informed by and illustrates the tenet that the next revolution--the only one that really matters--will be in the field of biology. To paraphrase Pope, ribofunk holds that: "The proper study of mankind is life." Forget physics and chemistry; they are only tools to probe living matter. Computers? Merely simulators and modelers for life. The cell is King!<ref name="Di Filippo 1998"/>}} |
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Di Filippo argues that precursors of ribofunk fiction include ]' '']''; ]'s ''The Tissue Culture King''; some of ]'s stories, ]'s ''Natural State and Other Stories''; ] and ]'s ''Gravy Planet''; novels of ] and John Varley; ]'s '']'' and ]'s '']''.<ref name="Di Filippo 1998"/> |
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