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Cyberprep

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Cyberprep (a portmanteau|portmanteau word combining "cybernetics" and "preppy") is a term that refers to a sub-genre of science fiction or role-playing game campaign that reflects the flip side of cyberpunk.

A cyberprep world assumes that all the technological advancements of cyberpunk speculation have taken place but life is happy rather than gritty and dangerous. Since society is leisure-driven, mind transfer|uploading is more of an art form or a medium of entertainment while advanced body modifications are used for sports and pleasure. Alternatively, within a cyberpunk world, a typical cyberprep character can be a techno-utopianism|techno-utopian yuppie living a self-indulgent life in a gated arcology available to a select few.

Instances of cyberprep in fiction include Iain Banks' The Culture|Culture novels and the "Bitchun Society" portrayed in Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.

In the real world, a technosexual could be described either positively or negatively as a cyberprep.

Cyberprep fashion is clothing that combines aspects of haute couture with i-wear or even cyberware.

Cyberprep fashion is also a term used to refer to technosexual trends that reflect the flip side of cyberpunk fashion.

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  • Cyberculture

  • Cyberpunk

  • Cyberpunk fashion

  • Postcyberpunk

  • Retro-futurism

  • The Culture


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Category:Cyberpunk
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cyberprep".


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