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This is a 7 page paper discussing the novels “Neuromancer” by William Gibson and “Slaughterhouse-five” by Kurt Vonnegut. While both novels incorporate the traditional themes found in the science fiction genre of futuristic elements and devices, they also introduce the 20th century format of science fiction which uses escapism to explore contemporary themes extrapolated to the future.
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scientific genre in literature and its prediction of the future which still remains mostly based on fiction rather than fact. However, many times in history, it has been the science
fiction genre which has led science into the speculation of certain inventions. While it can be said that the people do not necessarily reflect the predictions of the genre, certain
advancements in science are still far behind science fiction (Toronto Star). While many of the science fiction novels of the 19th and
early 20th century centered on the acceleration of the invention of fabulous machines while inventions such as electricity and the automobile seemed to mimic the science fiction genre, the science
fiction writings over the latter half of the 20th century seemed to focus more on escapism from the modern world and evil powers especially during periods of war (Toronto Star).
The recent development of the cyberpunk world was developed in the 1980s in response to the new age of information and computer
technology. The world of the cyberpunks was first developed by William Gibson in his 1984 work "Neuromancer". He captured the science fiction genre by catching the developing concern of the
cyberworld just ahead of the concern which began to take place in the real world. Unlike many of his predecessors who liked to predict where the world could go, Gibson
suggested where the world was going creating a slight variation in the science fiction genre themes of the previous century (Toronto Star). While
William Gibson had explored the possibility of where the cyberworld was leading, Kurt Vonnegut has done a similar sidestep in the world of science fiction almost twenty years previously in
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