William Gibson is the most influential writer in the Cyberpunk genre and Mike Pondsmith used elements from him to build the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, in here we're going to discuss these in detail: from the world building, the apocalypse described in the lore, how the cyborgs and the cyberpunks came to be, the history of the Braindance lore and its relation to Gibson's Simstims, why megacorporations are such an important part in the cyberpunk genre and the political and social influences under this genre.

But we can't talk about Cyberpunk without explaining the history of this science fiction subgenre and talk about its influences: the writers of the New Wave of Science Fiction, including Ursula K. Le Guin and Phillip K. Dick (and yes, Blade Runner).

The main inspiration in Cyberpunk 2077 universe drawn from William Gibson is the Net, that in Gibson was called the Matrix, and the computer hackers of the future, the character class netrunner.

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The amazing character art of the thumbnail is a recreation of the cover of William Gibson's Neuromancer by the artist Rafael Moco: don't waste a second and take a look at his awesome art here: https://www.artstation.com/rafaelmoco

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Cyberpunk 2077 inspiration: William Gibson