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CYBERPUNK FICTION AND ADVENTURES
A lot of sites offer a variety of links to who knows where. That's fine if you're interested in just cruising for as much Cyberpunk stuff that you can find. Here I focus on fiction and adventure gaming. The links below include brief descriptions of each site. If you would like to be added, email me and we'll talk.
Fiction
Cyberpunk by Bruce Bethke
"And you can bet any body part you'd care to name that, had I had even the slightest least inkling of a clue that I would still be answering questions about this word nearly 18 years later, I would have bloody well trademarked the damned thing!In the early spring of 1980 I wrote a little story about a bunch of teenage hackers. From the very first draft this story had a name, and lo, the name was--CYBERPUNK" - Bruce Bethke
"These two works are related to one another and my own attempt to put my personal spin on cyberpunk, sticking to the hard science and plausible technology rather than the usual ridiculous and impractical stuff kids are still toying with today." [from the author]
This Section contains short cyberpunk stories written by people on the internet. If you would like to contribute a short story, please e-mail me at klessigjm17@uwwvax.uww.edu You will of course get full credit for any story submitted. As of now, not much is up, but I hope to get more.
"This page is dedicated to posting stories written by new up and coming authors who have yet to be published. A variety of publishing companies will be looking at this page for possibilities for published works. The works on this page are strictly of the cyberpunk genre. If you are interested in posting your work contact lock@sympatico.ca"
Written by Deric "D" Bernier
"A short story I wrote live in a chat room as an experiment in live storytelling. Its been posted at a few other sites, and I finally got around to posting it here. Let me know what you think as I am pondering turning it into a full length novel."
by Jose Pablo Zagal
A trio of Cyberpunk adventrues based on games he has played or been the Ref.
Fistful Of Eurodollars is a multi-part Cyberpunk E.Novel, that tells the story of Lobo, a Night City information broker, and his companions as they get hired to a job that proves to be a lot harder than expected...[author's intro]
Various RPG scenarios as well as a sample of his full length novel, The Protector.
"First published in 8 parts as a series of Short Stories in Australia's Megadisk Amiga Diskazine from 1994-95, and in the Quatermas Experiment in Great Britain from 1995-97, this disk-book, and the paperback version scheduled for release in September '99, contains the entire twenty episodes.""This popular Cyberpunk-type/Virtual Reality story has been evoking fan mail from Sydney, Australia to Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA since 1995!"
[author's intro]
"Detroit is not a fun town in which to live. It is an even less fun town in which to die...In Wolves in Sheeps’ Clothing, a trio of friends are learning much about the world in which they live, such as who to trust, who to avoid, and where to go to solve all of life’s little dilemmas. In the meantime, they are seeing both the best and the worst that modern society can give -- but are they any different?
[author's intro]
**CURRENTLY NOTHING POSTED**
Also in PBEM
This is an archive containing stories from the alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo newsgroup. Most of the material comes from the "Catalina" FTP archive, put together over the years by Hubert Bartels.
CLOSE FICTION (IExplorer Only)
"Pretty cool. I've read it once and will likely have to read it a few more times to get a grip on it, but the imagery is everything you might expect from Gibson." - IRON ANGEL
Text by William Gibson
Etchings by Dennis Ashbaugh
(C)1992 Kevin Begos Publishing
1411 York Ave.
New York, NY
All Rights Reserved
By Ken Stone
After 24 years, a forgotten prototype cyborg catgirl has just woken. The world she has woken into is foreign to her, but she is already the center of attention as corporate powers clash to gain her secrets.
"This one is in my permanent archives. A fun read with good attention to technical detail." -IRON ANGEL
By Ken Stone
Set a few years after Puma, an unlikely pair who met at a bar decide to team up in their search for information. Both are searching for a catgirl, One searches a girl he knew years before, the other for the girl she used to be...
By Ken Stone
A series of loosely related cyberpunk short stories set in Australia in the near future. Several of the characters that appear in my art, such as Mian and Mainie star in these tales.A number of following pieces of cyberpunk fiction appeared on the newsgroup alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo around 1994-1995. Some have been written in the years since.
Tales from the Street has a voluntary rating of PG(15) or MA 15+. It contains violence and adult themes.
-from webmaster's intro
Welcome to the cybRpunk page. This page often requires a slight amount of familiarity with writing and cyberpunk culture. This is a compilation of various pieces of cyberpunk that I feel people should read in order to write cyberpunk.
-from webmaster's intro
Two novels by Mary K. Kuhner
(check out Flowers' quotes: http://www-shgc.stanford.edu/~flowers/quotes.txt)
by Tom Maddox (ZIP file)
Let me finish reading it and I'll let you know.
The story of my own Edgerunner, Onyx. It's set on the West Coast and is the best work I've done to date. It began as a just another character for a PBEM, but I wound up loving the character so much, I decided to write about him.
"Welcome to the Wyvern Library. Writers from all over the world have gathered their fiction here to allow for public viewing and comments. What all of these stories and poems have in common is their foundation on immagination. They look at fantastic worlds, strange new futures, and the other sides of reality.""Many are works-in-progress, but some of them are finished. Being included in this library doesn't mean the stories have been edited or chosen because of their quality, though we do monitor them to make sure they fit the genres we're collecting."
[from webmaster's intro]
"This Section contains short cyberpunk stories written by people on the internet. If you would like to contribute a short story, please e-mail me at klessigjm17@uwwvax.uww.edu You will of course get full credit for any story submitted. As of now, not much is up, but I hope to get submissions."
[from webmaster's intro]
Play By E-Mail
by Mike Masten (of Programming 10X fame)
"Welcome to Purgatory! I am Diablo Geraldo Vega, warden of this facility. You are here due to the crimes you have committed within the borders of Southern California. As judged by the Southern California Board of Corrections, you have been designated as incorrigible and/or unredemptable. Therefore, you have been sentenced to live out the remainder of your life at this facility where you will no longer pose a threat to society."
- Diablo Geraldo Vega
NOTE: The game has restarted with a few new players. Myself included
Game Notes: This is a Campaign Kit for a C-punk Game. It's a mix between 'The Greatest Show on Earth' meets 'Mad Max' meets 'High Plains Drifter'. It requires a dedicated party of nomads. Having a copy of 'NeoTribes' is virtually essential, and 'Home of the Brave' is indispensable also, or else get yourself a road map of the U.S. and prepare to get imaginative.
A Cyberpunk 2020 PBEM campaign set within Europe in 2021. Join a team of 6 freelancers as they travel Europe with the enigmatic rocker, Jack Entropy on his Total Entropy Tour. The site contains turns, character bios, maps, artwork and background information.
by Sebastien Cold
Last Updated: (Sunday, June 20, 1999)
The adventures of a Trauma Team unit. Written as a story, it includes vehicle descriptions and player character backgrounds. I like this one a lot.
Not as fancy as some but a decent enough read. Includes notes on the game setting (vampires and more). Not updated (apparently) since 1998.
PLOT
SYNOPSIS
LAST GAME
UNIVERSE
"Detroit is not a fun town in which to live. It is an even less fun town in which to die...In Wolves in Sheeps’ Clothing, a trio of friends are learning much about the world in which they live, such as who to trust, who to avoid, and where to go to solve all of life’s little dilemmas. In the meantime, they are seeing both the best and the worst that modern society can give -- but are they any different?
[author's intro]
**CURRENTLY NOTHING POSTED**
Also in FICTION.
"Selling Your Soul is a campaign about returning to the basics of Cyberpunk. For the last two years, I've been running a game that has been very high powered called Mafia Wars. That campaign consisted of players who had virtual control of The Family in Night City and could call on that power when necessary. This campaign, on the other hand, is about returning to the style games that we used to play long ago. The campaign started with just two players, and has recently grown to four with a fifth about to join."
[author's intro]
Four short stories I have got to get around to reading.
Locations
Sure we have all been to the LA metroplex, but this article delves into the inudiated ruins of what once was Los Angeles. Written by Deric Bernier.
by Conkle
A primer on the Portland area in 2020 with descriptions of corporations, the CZ, and more. Includes an area map.
by Conkle
A primer on the Seattle area in 2020. Where to shop, what to avoid, even advice on what to wear. With two area maps.
The London Companion to Rough Guide to the UK
Docks
London’s Docklands contains one of the worst collections of late twentieth-century architecture to be seen anywhere in the world. It is a marvel, if it were not so embarrassing, that so many very bad buildings from the same period can be found in such a comparatively small area of the city. -Stephanie Williams, Phaidon Architecture Guide
South Docks
Resting on the south bank of the Thames, directly across from the South Dock, The South Bank is a seedy industrial district characterized by its low rent warehouses, backroom vice dens and frequent gang fights. Don’t forget to pack your 9mm.
Chinatown
New Chinatown- The streets here are never quiet. Deep within the ethnically segregated ghettos of South London, Triad gangs vie for exclusive control of the rackets, while honest inhabitants work endless hours to make ends meet. The days here look safe enough, but at night its a different story.
Verona Beach, a sleek, sexy, dangerous and hot setting for one of the world's best known romances.Verona Beach, once a vacation city in SoCal, where religion is strong, but where everything is controlled by two houses, both alike in dignity, the Montagues and Capulets, whose ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny.
Verona Beach, where civil war lies held in check by the weary hands of the Family heads, under the watchful eyes of Captain Prince and the VBPD.
By Night Flyer
Everything you need to run on the wild side in Tulsa, OK in 2020.
By: Troy Petersen
"The various pages contained within this "Source Book" are meant to offer background information concerning the San Francisco which serves as the back drop for my current online cyberpunk game. This Source Book is constantly being updated to coincide with the minor changes I make during gaming sessions. I have attempted to cover as much information as I could...
-[author's intro]
On-line project to create a completely new locale.
by Marc Brenowitz
Atlanta is the city where: The Eurocorps do as they wish, while the city police that they fund have to stand by. It takes the media and the Robin Hood gang to expose the Corps to the public.
by bvinson@hotmail.com
"This Node contains information based primarily on the DFW area and the campaign information which makes this area feel more "alive". Feel free to use any information posted here to enrich your gaming sessions..."
-[author's intro]
MUD
Eight Cyberpunk style MUDs/MOOs are here.
*Some Pueblo-enhanced worlds*
ZINES
"Edgerunner is a cyberpunk fanzine that will be published four times a year, March, June, August and December. It is in PDF format, which will be available free from this website."
A fiction archive and news source.
I have no idea. I just found it recently, but I'll get back to you.
If you have to ask, chances are you shouldn't be here. Chrome 5 intends to follow in the tradition of the previous Chrome manuals, but this is by players for players. I've even contributed a few creations to the effort.
Bodycount:as of 12/05/1999
Created By: Russell Brandford
Email: IRON ANGEL
