cyberprep

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ prep, as a response to cyberpunk.

Noun

cyberprep (uncountable)

1. (science fiction) A subgenre of science fiction which, like cyberpunk, focuses on technological advancements, but presents life as utopian and leisure-driven rather than gritty and dangerous (as in cyberpunk). [from 1987]
   • 1987 May 1, Mark L. Blackman, APA-Filk, number 34, published 1987 April 23:

     Cyberprep is one answer to the Cyberpunk movement, a peachy keen one.

   • 1987 September 27, Laurence R. Brothers, “Early Cyberpunk?”, in alt.cyberpunk‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The cyberprep movement (such as it is, ha ha) takes as its motto: "Whatever you do, remember, be polite".

   • 2014, Tanya R. Cochran, Sherry Ginn, Paul Zinder, editors, The Multiple Worlds of Fringe: Essays on the J.J. Abrams Science Fiction Series, McFarland & Company, Inc., pages 156-157:

     Cyberprep is thematically more optimistic, a broad difference expressed in small changes in the text, such as the likelihood chat body modification in a cyberprep work is done for the sake of aesthetics, rather than function or need. Put simply, cyberprep offers “a slick, clean, rosy view of the future to contrast cyberpunk's dirty, grim dystopias” (Bell 4).

See also

• postcyberpunk