Discovery of punk currents: biopunk

Passionate about punk literature ? It is time to discover sub-genres that are not very widespread in this science fiction universe! Discover the Biopunk universe in this article.

Welcome to My Pocket Watch, the shop specializing in pocket and style watches Steampunk! Each week, we offer items related to the theme of our shop. In this section, you will find all articles related to the Steampunk universe . Today, we continue our series of articles on Genres and sub-genres of the Steampunk . p>

As usual, we will see:

• An introduction to punk literature
• The Presentation of the biopunk
• Some works in the Biopunk universe

Let's go!

the genesis of the punk current

Whether in literature, music or cinematographic works, there are several large style categories, which subdivide many sub-genres. For example, in music, we have classical music that is divided into baroque music, romantic music or even music. We have the blues which gives birth to rock, itself giving birth to alternative rock, progressive rock, punk, hardrock, which in turn will give birth to the metal and its infinity of sub-genres ...

In literature, it's the same! We have police investigation novels, horror novels or even science fiction novels. In the world of S-F there is a branch dedicated to the dystopian universe . The principle of this style will give birth to anticipation novels ! Obviously, in the 18th and 19th century, when the steampunk was born, we did not yet imagine the zombies or the aliens will invade the earth. Instead, there was a new way of life, with a new technology highlighted ! The best known being the steampunk current where oil and combustion engines are replaced by steam technology !

This is the birth of punk currents .

presentation of the biopunk current

It took more than two centuries after the creation of steampunk to discover other punk styles! Indeed, it is only half of the 20th century that we discover the dieselpunk universe (see Differences between the steampunk and the dieselpunk ) and, a little later, the universe cyberpunk (see Differences between the steampunk and the cyberpunk )! These three punk universes will become the three main currents of the genre , where several sub-genres will flow in each category. Today, we will attack a Sub-Genre of Cyberpunk : biopunk !

biopunk: genetic mutation to its peak

With the prefix organic-, you will quickly understand that the current theme will be around biology . And as the punk universes are systematically dystopian, you will not be surprised to learn that the ethical barriers of genetics will have been exceeded a while ago. As said in the introduction, the biopunk is a current from cyberpunk . You will therefore find in Biopunk works a hyper-connected world where delinquency, poverty and sexual misery reigns. Unlike the original current, the Biopunk highlights the change and biological weapons , where cyberpunk is based on cybernetics and information networks! To put it simply: replace the computer hackers with crazy scholars and cyborgs with deform and overpowered creatures.

the difference between biopunk and nanopunk

If you follow our articles closely, you will say that the biopunk strongly feels at Nanopunk ! And you won't be wrong! Indeed, the biopunk and the nanopunk is at trap what is in the drill. Two very similar styles that only purists can make a difference! The Univers Nanopunk is, to put it simply, an Subcurly Biopunk . Both from Cyberpunk, there are the same codes. Namely a dystopian world anticipating the drifts of today's society, where morbid science reigns! The main difference between nanopunk and biopunk is in the on -board technological . Always in the same goal; Genetic mutation, nanopunk will use nano-technology , in addition to bio-technology and bio-engineering.

Some references in the biopunk universe

Human transformation and the exploitation of biotechnology is not new! Man has always been fascinated by the limits of nature. Whether it is the genetic experiences funded by the medical and pharmaceutical industry, always existing in our time, or through brainwashing in the time of Nazi Germany. The Biopunk universe highlights this unhealthy and immoral side thanks to several works bringing together cloning, drugs and mass experiences . We can cite:

• Surrogates of Michael Ferris and John Brancato
• The best of all worlds of Aldous Huxley
• Bios by Robert Charles Wilson
• The distorted men of Nancy Kress

Discover other punk currents!

Once again, we have seen in depth the characteristics of a punk sub-genre ! In this article, we have learned that the biopunk is a cyberpunk subgenre where, instead of exploiting the potential of the computer network, we transform the DNA and the RNA of beings alive to transform them into real mutants. However, the punks universes are not all negative! We can note a particularly recent genre: the Solarpunk . Sub-genre of the Cyberpunk style, this universe differs from others by trying to present the exact opposite of the punk ideology. Discover a positive, almost utopian world, where the future is not afraid.