List of biopunk works

This is a list of works classified as biopunk, a subgenre of science fiction and derivative of the cyberpunk movement.

Print media

Novels

• Blood Music (1985) by Greg Bear^[1][2]
• Clade (2003) and Crache (2004) by Mark Budz^[1][3][4]
• Darwin series (1999-2003) by Greg Bear^[1]
• Holy Fire (1996) by Bruce Sterling^[4][5]
• Leviathan Trilogy (2009-2011) by Scott Westerfeld^[6]
• The Xenogenesis trilogy (1987–89) by Octavia E. Butler^[1][7]
• The Movement of Mountains (1987) by Michael Blumlein^[8]
• The People of Sand and Slag (2004) by Paolo Bacigalupi^[9]
• Ribofunk (1996) by Paul Di Filippo^[10][11]
• Rifter series (1999-2004) by Peter Watts^[1]
• Schismatrix (1985) by Bruce Sterling^[1][2]
• Sleepless series (1991–99) by Nancy Kress^[1]
• Wetware (1988) by Rudy Rucker^[2]
• White Devils (2004) by Paul J. McAuley^{[1][4][12][13]}
• The Windup Girl (2009) by Paolo Bacigalupi^[14][1]
• Winterlong (1990) by Elizabeth Hand^[4]

Short stories

• "The Brains of Rats" (1988) by Michael Blumlein^[8]
• "Gene Wars" (1991) by Paul J. McAuley^[15][16]

Graphic novels and comics

• Blame! (1998) by Tsutomu Nihei^[17]
• Doktor Sleepless (2007–present) by Warren Ellis^[18]
• Fluorescent Black (2008-2010) by M.F. Wilson and Nathan Fox^[19]

Films and television

• Antiviral (2012)^[20][21]
• Blade Runner (1982)^[1][22][23]
• Code 46 (2003)^[24][25]
• eXistenZ (1996)^[22]
• Gattaca (1997)^[1][26][22]
• Repo Men (2010)^[22][24]
• Resident Evil series (2002–present)^[1]
• Splice (2009)^[1][22]

Short films

• LOOM (2012) by Jake Scott^[27]
• STEM (TBA) by Julien Planté^[28]

TV series

• Dark Angel (2000–02)^[1][22][29]
• Orphan Black (2013–present)^[30][31]

Video games

• BioShock series (2007–present) developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games^[1]
• Crysis 2 (2011) developed by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts
• Dark Angel (2001) developed by Radical Entertainment for the TV series of the same name
• Evolva (2000) developed by Computer Artworks Ltd. and published by Interplay Entertainment
• Fracture (2008) developed by Day 1 Studios and published by LucasArts
• Panzer Dragoon series (1995-2002) developed by Team Andromeda/Smilebit and published by Sega
• Prototype (2009) developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision
• Resident Evil series (1996–present) developed and published by Capcom^[1]
• Rogue Trooper (2006) developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Eidos Interactive
• Terranigma (Tenchi Sōzō) (1995), a Japanese RPG and Final Fantasy VII (1996), features some biopunk elements: the mad scientist Beruga in Terranigma and the Shinra corporation in Final Fantasy VII are trying to control the world via biotechnology and genetic manipulations.

See also

• List of cyberpunk works
• Cyberpunk derivatives

References

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