‘Briefly, we believe that the signature obsessions of cyberpunk are:

> Presenting a global perspective on the future.

> Engaging with developments in infotech and biotech, especially those invasive technologies that will transform the human body and psyche.

> Striking a gleefully subversive attitude that challenges traditional values and recieved wisdom.

> Cultivating a crammed prose style that takes an often playful stance toward traditional science fiction tropes.’

— James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, ‘Introduction: Hacking Cyberpunk’, in: Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, p. ix.