What are the relations between CYBERPUNK and STEAMPUNK?

First what are 'Cyberpunk' and 'Steampunk'?


Cyberpunk:

According to Lawrence Person,
"Classic cyberpunk characters were marginalized, alienated loners who lived on the edge of society in generally dystopic futures where daily life was impacted by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body." Lawrence Person.







A science fiction genre noted for its focus, which also is a sub genre for industrial rock music. The name comes from Cybernetics and which was put out by Bruce Bethke in his short story "Cyberpunk" (1983).

Another definition for cyberpunk: A hacker.

Steampunk:





A type of science fiction, or a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction, set in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style.


NOW! To the relation between 'Cyberpunk' and 'Steampunk':-






Steampunk is a part of cyberpunk and shares fanbase and theme of rebellion, but was actually developed as a seperate movement. Although they both influence on each other. A difference between them is that steampunk settings usually tend to be less obviously dystopian than cyberpunk.