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==Conspiracy== | ==Conspiracy== | ||
The conspiracy thriller (or paranoid thriller) is a sub-genre of the thriller which flourished in the 1970s in the US (and was echoed in other parts of the world) in the wake of a number of high-profile scandals and controversies (most notably Vietnam, the assassination of President Kennedy, Chappaquiddick and Watergate), and which exposed what many people regarded as the clandestine machinations and conspiracies beneath the orderly fabric of political life. | The '''conspiracy''' thriller (or paranoid thriller) is a sub-genre of the thriller which flourished in the 1970s in the US (and was echoed in other parts of the world) in the wake of a number of high-profile scandals and controversies (most notably Vietnam, the assassination of President Kennedy, Chappaquiddick and Watergate), and which exposed what many people regarded as the clandestine machinations and conspiracies beneath the orderly fabric of political life. | ||
The protagonists of conspiracy thrillers are often journalists or amateur investigators who find themselves (often inadvertently) pulling on a small thread which unravels a vast conspiracy that ultimately goes "all the way to the top".<br> | The protagonists of conspiracy thrillers are often journalists or amateur investigators who find themselves (often inadvertently) pulling on a small thread which unravels a vast conspiracy that ultimately goes "all the way to the top".<br> | ||
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==Cyberpunk== | ==Cyberpunk== | ||
'''Cyberpunk''' focuses on computers or information technology, usually coupled with some degree of breakdown in social order. The plot often centres on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corporations, tending to be set within a near-future dystopian Earth. | '''Cyberpunk''' focuses on computers or information technology, usually coupled with some degree of breakdown in social order. The plot often centres on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corporations, tending to be set within a near-future dystopian Earth. ''(Paraphrased from [[Wikipedia:Cyberpunk|Wikipedia]])'' | ||
''(Paraphrased from [[Wikipedia:Cyberpunk|Wikipedia]])'' | |||
:''Examples: {{a|61|Ghost in the Shell}}, {{a|99|Serial Experiments Lain}}, {{a|166|Appleseed}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|61|Ghost in the Shell}}, {{a|99|Serial Experiments Lain}}, {{a|166|Appleseed}}'' | ||