nanopunk

English

Etymology

From nano- +‎ -punk.

Noun

nanopunk (uncountable)

1. A science fiction genre that focuses on nanotechnology. [from 1990s]
   • 1998 September 11, Michael C. Martin, “GURPS: Space 1889”, in rec.games.frp.gurps‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Nanopunk: Nanotechnology is the driving technology here. With nanofacs on every street corner, almost any TL6 item can be had for almost nothing. Even the lowest of street scum can easily beg enough for a warm coat and can eat fairly well. Neal Stephenson's _The_Diamond_Age_ is likely the definitive work here, and suggests a basic plot: some street urchin accidentally gets hold of an incredibly powerful artifact, and various powerful groups try to take it from her.

   • 2012, Josh Schonwald, The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food, HarperCollins, page 273:

     IF YOU’RE NOT hell-bent on immortality, a transhumanist, a subscriber to Life Extension magazine, or an enthusiast of nanopunk (a subgenre, think cyberpunk), you’re likely dismissing the Freitas nanorobots as a Trekkie fantasy. That would put you in the vast majority of humanoids. Even among most nano-savvy scientists and physicians, Freitas’ ideas are too far off, too speculative to merit serious consideration.

   • 2012, Thaddeus Tinker [i.e., Thomas Willeford], “The Front Page” (chapter 1), in The Steampunk Gazette, volume 1, Barron's Educational Series, Beyond Steampunk, page 11:

     Sequels are dieselpunk, covering the 1930s to the 1950s; atompunk, landing in the period 1945-1965, post-modern cyberpunk; and biopunk and nanopunk, both having been inspired by newly emerging technologies.

   • 2015 July 10, Jessi Cape, “Books on Wheels”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 34, number 45, page 27:

     They have cyberpunk and nanopunk, soft and hard sci-fi, military and alternate history, space operas.