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{{trope}}
[[Punk Punk]] with [[Organic Technology]], usually centered around [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|genetic engineering]]. Expect to see a lot of [[Organic Technology]], [[Sculpted Physique|sculpted physiques]] and [[Petting Zoo People]] walking around... or hopping, swimming, flying, slithering, etc. Many buildings and [[Living Ship|ships]] will be grown, and a general [[Womb Level]] aesthetic will usually prevail. Issues examined may include [[Designer Babies]], [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]], what ''is'' human, various aspects of ecology and effects of modified crops/animals/bacteria. And you'll see [[An Aesop|Aesops]] (particularly [[Green Aesop
It should be noted that the line between Bio Punk and [[Cyberpunk]] is very thin, and many cyberpunk stories will contain Bio Punk elements.
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* Much of [[David Cronenberg]]'s work, particularly:
** ''Shivers'', where a scientist accidentally creates a sexually-transmitted [[Puppeteer Parasite]], causing in turn a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] of rape zombies.
** ''Rabid'', where an experimental skin graft creates a sort of
** ''[[The Brood]]'', where a revolutionary psychiatric method results in hideous bodily mutations.
** ''[[Scanners]]'', where a pharmacological error creates a [[Bizarre Baby Boom]] of socially-maladjusted, creepy psychics.
** ''[[Videodrome]]'', where warring ideologies use communications technology to mutate viewers into monstrous pawns.
** ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' is
** ''[[eXistenZ]]'', where genetically-engined amphibians are used to create [[Organic Technology]] video game hardware.
** ''[[The Fly]]'', where a failed teleportation experiment fuses [[Jeff Goldblum]] and... well, a fly.
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* ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' (based on the animated show)
* ''[[Gattaca]]''
* ''
* ''[[Splice]]''
== Literature ==
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* ''Night's Dawn'', a trilogy of well-researched [[Space Opera]] novels by [[Peter F. Hamilton]].
* ''[[The Lords of Creation|In the Courts of the Crimson Kings]]'', a sci-fi novel by S.M. Stirling set on [[John Carter of Mars]]-type world made plausible with Bio Punk technology given to the Martians by [[Ancient Astronauts]].
* Jeff VanderMeer's ''[[Ambergris]]'' stories, especially the newest novel ''Finch'' are [[Urban Fantasy]]
** Hell, in ''Finch'' we even get ''fungus-cyborgs'' in the form of the Partials.
* [[China Mieville]]'s ''[[Bas-Lag Cycle]]'', though closer to [[Dungeon Punk]], has elements of this with the ReMade: bio-thaumaturges can warp flesh, bone and biology to heal, remake a being as something new, or (far, far more often) to punish.
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* ''[[Beggars in Spain]]'' by Nancy Kress, along with the attendant novels in the trilogy.
* The '''[[Leviathan (novel)|Leviathan]]'' series by [[Scott Westerfeld]] has fabricated beasties created after Darwin discovered the "chains of life". Also uses [[Lego Genetics]].
* The foundations of biopunk were arguably laid down as early as 1818, with the release of Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein]]''
** Another proto-biopunk tale that significantly predates the discovery of DNA is ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau]].''
** Also Karl Capek's ''[[Rossums Universal Robots]]''.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' is all about messing with the human brain.
* ''[[Farscape]]'' features heaps of organic technology (from the [[Translator Microbes]] to the [[Living Ship
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* [[Shadowrun]] offers Bioware, genetically modified cultured tissue that can be implanted in characters to provide many of the same benefits of the more traditional Cyberware.
* The [[GURPS]] supplement "Bio-Tech" is all about Biopunk.
* [[Eclipse Phase]] is [[Post Cyber Punk]], but most of the modifications available are biological in nature, and bio-morphs (bodies which are fundamentally
** Also, the bio-engineered space-whales that live in the corona of the sun.
* ''[[Mortasheen]]'' combines this with [[Mon
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' combines
* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series.
* ''[[Ciem]] 2'' combines
** There are ships, airplanes, cars and so on, but there seems to be not a single weapon.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' has numerous examples of bioengineered [[Super Soldier
* [[Escape Velocity]]'s third part feature the human race of the Polaris, who grow star ships and space stations of organic material.
* ''[[Evolva]]'' gives this feeling.
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