Get Your Cyberpunk Fix

The film that needs no introduction. A masterpiece of not just sci-fi, cyberpunk, and noir, but of cinema. Any dive into the world of cyberpunk is woefully incomplete without a trip to Deckard's smoky, shadowed apartment accompanied by some warbling piano. This Final Cut edition is, as Empire states, "a meticulous and loving restoration rather than a new cut, with (Ridley) Scott carefully polishing, burnishing and primping up his finest film."Amazon.co.uk

30 years after the events of Blade Runner, K is on the cusp of a discovery which promises to change his society, and the very concept of humanity. Denis Villeneuve's movie is a worthy successor to Scott's classic, and is a gorgeous film in its own right, drenched in cyberpunk themes both narratively and aesthetically.This edition includes three short animated prologues which explore the events which occurred between the two movies. Amazon.co.uk

Alita is a cyborg who wakes to the world of Iron City, brimming with technocrats and robotoic gladiators. Though she has no memories, Alita does have a seemingly innate skill in the lost mechanised fighting form of Panzer Kunst. Her saviour, Dr. Ido, can see something in her, but can it be unlocked for good? Alita: Battle Angel is an adaptation from the manga series of the same name. Amazon.co.uk

Detroit is a dystopian hellscape, with streets that are nothing but hostile roaming grounds for violent criminals. All of this is set to change, as a mega-corporation seeks to reclaim vast areas for the construction of utopian sanctuary with the help of RoboCop – a cyborg with three Prime Directives, to serve, to protect, and to uphold the law. Soon, however, events unfold which see RoboCop embroiled in a conspiracy which will see his Prime Directives put to the test. Amazon.co.uk

Forced underground by a deadly virus, the decimated ranks of the human race live a miserable subterranean life. Jeffrey Goines takes action against his misery and is sent back in time to prevent those suspected of being behind the virus, the Army of The Twelve Monkeys, from ever enacting their devastating plan. Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys is a tale of memory and technology and is widely considered a classic of the neo-noir, dystopian and cyberpunk genre. Amazon.co.uk

Dredd is a no-nonsense Judge, upholding the law with an iron fist, glass shattering grimace and a massive gun. In an attempt to rid Mega City One's street of the new-drug Slo-Mo, Judge Dredd and newbie Cassandra Anderson enter a 200-story housing complex, where the rules of the tower replace the laws of the city.Amazon.co.uk

Computer hacker Neo, known by day as Thomas A. Anderson, is seeking the truth of reality when he suddenly finds himself a wanted man. Stepping to his aid, the mysterious and bespectacled Morpheus offers Neo the chance to step into the real world, the one behind the digital illusion. According to Empire, this staple of the sci-fi and cyberpunk created saw the Wachowskis "pulling off something like a million masterstrokes all at once" to create a "new aesthetic for the millennium" – high praise, indeed. Amazon.co.uk

Case is a drug-addled hacker and Molly is a Razorgirl. They're from vastly different worlds but find themselves coerced into the employ of an anonymous individual, working themselves down a path which will see them come up against cybernetic icebreakers, an orbital bourgeois paradise, and digital consciousnesses. William Gibson's position as a grandmaster of cyberpunk was created and solidified over the course of his Sprawl trilogy, which begins with this novel. Gibson coined the phrase "cyberspace", and his work has influenced much of the sci-fi world, including the Wachowskis' The Matrix in 1999.Amazon.co.uk

The Aug Incident – millions of augmented citizens from across the globe lost control over their own minds. Years later, those with augmentations are seen as undesirables, cast out from normal society and ghettoised. The player takes control Adam Jenson, an undercover agent for the Juggernaut Collective, who seeks to reveal the truth behind a recent spate of terrorist attacks, in a first-person shooter which seamlessly blends stealth, action and RPG elements against a thoroughly cyberpunk environment. Amazon.co.uk

Cyberpunk is nothing if not aesthetic. In this debut photo series, Liam Wong presents the reader with some pure visual delight. This book contains a stunning collection of photographs captured by Wong during his midnight explorations of Tokyo – deep shadow contrasts with bright neon to evoke atmospheres inflected with cyberpunk and noir. A few photos in and you'll be wondering if the future is really that far away after all.Amazon.co.uk

The late Syd Mead was a visionary concept artist whose influence on sci-fi and cyberpunk can never be overstated. Mead's wonderful mind and talent is responsible for the iconic sets and worlds of movies like Aliens, Blade Runner and Star Trek. This collection of his work is a superb celebration of his immense sci-fi imagination, visionary outlook and artistic talent. Amazon.co.uk

Neo-Tokyo, 2019. Biker gangs roam the streets, engaging in street brawls with rival gangs against the backdrop of protests, marshal law and political corruption. One biker, Shōtarō Kaneda, finds his anarchic lifestyle thrown into turmoil when his friend, Tetsuo Shima, finds himself holding an incredible and world defining power that draws the attention of military researchers. If you fancy exploring the same world, but with significantly different plot, then it's worth looking up the original manga series. Amazon.co.uk

Aesthetically, thematically and narratively, Ghost in the Shell is as cyberpunk as it gets. This pioneering anime follows Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cybernetically augmented law enforcement officer, who leads a task force to uncover the truth behind a spate of ghost-hackings. New Port City is a wonderland of grimy tech noir, and the narrative explicitly explores some pretty heavy philosophical concepts, including post- and transhumanism.Amazon.co.uk