The Xenogenesis trilogy - by Octavia E.Leviathan Trilogy - by Scott Westerfeld.If there is a SparkNotes, Shmoop, or Cliff Notes guide, we will have it. As well as being a leading science fiction writer, Bruce Sterling has been involved. See search resultsfor this author Bruce Sterling(Author), Emily Woo Zeller(Reader) 4. Got a Bad Case of the Horribly Wrongs - by Khurt Khave Find all available study guides and summaries for Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling. Holy Fire Audio CD Unabridged, Januby Bruce Sterling (Author) Visit Amazons Bruce Sterling Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.The Butterfly Effect - by Rajat Chaudhuri.One of the prominent writers in this field is Paul Di Filippo, although he used the word “ribofunk” to describe his stories, a blend of “ribosome” & “funk”. Usually keeping the dark atmosphere of cyberpunk, a typical biopunk story generally examines the dark side of genetic engineering & represents the dangerous side & downsides of biotechnology.

It usually involves a near-future story of bio-hackers, totalitarian governments or megacorporations misusing biotechnologies, such as manipulating human DNA, cloning, body augmenting etc. The word “Biopunk” is a portmanteau of “biotechnology” or “biology” & “punk” (similar to steampunk, cyberpunk, or solarpunk).īiopunk is derived from cyberpunk, but focuses on the specific implications of synthetic biotechnology instead of computers, software or networks.

What is Biopunk?īiopunk is a subgenre of science fiction & derivative of the cyberpunk movement that focuses on biotechnology & genetic engineering. This article is a list of Biopunk novels & movies. Its a prospect thats been covered extensively in scifi, including Bruce Sterlings Holy Fire in which gerontocrats wield almost all capital and political power, while the younger.