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Within those categories exists many other subcategories, for example cyberpunk, magical realism, and psychological horror.
This collection of fictions by well-known contemporary writers and critical commentary by postmodern theorists addresses issues concerning how cyberpunk functions within postmodern culture.
Cyberpunk, therefore, has an arguably ambiguous relationship to technology itself.
Cyberpunk and industrial could also be argued to sometimes have an underlying humour that helps to lighten this mood.
Cyberpunk's criticism is commonly of present-day systems of power taken to their logical conclusions.
Inherent in nearly all dystopias is a critique of the socio-economic system prevailing within that narrative: for cyberpunk, this is generally corporate capitalism.
Cyberpunk fiction similarly incorporates many references to popular culture.
Likewise, the use of robotic voices in cyberpunk films is similar.
