Please do not treat this an exhaustive list of what is and isn't considered cyberpunk, these are just the things which have inspired me, I will probably add to it when I get access to the deep recesses of my cortex.
Cyberpunk - APPENDIX N: Inspirational and Educational Material
BOOKS
- William Gibson - Sprawl trilogy (Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive), Bridge trilogy (Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties)
- George Alec Effinger - Marid Audran series (When Gravity Fails, A Fire in the Sun, The Exile Kiss)
- Walter John Williams - Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind
- Bruce Sterling - Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (Editor and contibuting author), Islands in the Net
- Ian Hamilton - Fallen Dragon
- Ian Mcdonald - River of Gods
- Cory Doctorow - Makers
- Justina Robson - Keeping it Real
- Charles Stross - Halting State
- John Brunner - The Shockwave Rider
- John Courtney Grimwood - reMix, redRobe,
- Jack Womack - Terraplane
- Jeff Noon - Vurt, Pollen
- W.T. Quick - Dreams of Flesh and Sand
- Æon Flux (2005)
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Dark City (1998)
- Equilibrium (2002)
- Escape From New York (1981)
- eXistenz (1999)
- Gantz (2010)
- Gattaca (1997)
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Max Headroom (1985)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Priest (2011)
- Repo Men (2010)
- Returner (2002)
- Robocop (1987)
- Sleep Dealer (2008)
- Southland Tales (2006)
- Strange Days (1995)
- Surrogates (2009)
- Total Recall (1990)
- Ultraviolet (2006)
- Videodrome (1983)
- Virtuosity (1995)
ANIME
- AD Police (1999)
- Æon Flux (1991)
- Akira (1988)
- Appleseed (2004)
- Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
- Cowboy Bebop (Series) (1998)
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
- Vexille (2007)
Just throwing something in for people who may never have heard of it, as it's the biggest inspiration for my soon to be starting CP2020 campaign (keep an eye on the blog for cool stuff soon), and that's Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis. It's a comic book, instead of a novel, but at 60 issues and a handful of specials it's still a decent read, and well worth the look if you can lay your hands on a copy.
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