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  • noun A thriller whose plot hinges on cyberspace.

Etymologies

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cyber- +‎ thriller

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Examples

  • His latest novels are the near-future cyberthriller Fools 'Experiments and, with Larry Niven, the far-future interstellar epic Juggler of Worlds (newly re-released in paperback).

    MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building 2009

  • His latest novels are the near-future cyberthriller Fools 'Experiments, just re-released in paperback, and (with Larry Niven) the far-future interstellar epics Fleet of Worlds and Juggler of Worlds.

    MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Literary Villains in SF/F/H 2009

  • Stephen Baxter, on the back cover, calls Mirrored Heavens 'a crackling cyberthriller. '

    REVIEW: Mirrored Heavens by David J. Williams 2008

  • Stephen Baxter, on the back cover, calls Mirrored Heavens 'a crackling cyberthriller. '

    July 2008 2008

  • It not only works as a biothriller, but also as a cyberthriller, and a wilderness survival novel.

    Mount Dragon digitaldoc 2005

  • It not only works as a biothriller, but also as a cyberthriller, and a wilderness survival novel.

    Archive 2005-12-01 digitaldoc 2005

  • This scifi / cyberthriller yarn is a veritable page-turner.

    Pat's Fantasy Hotlist 2008

  • Its Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) and his centennial celebrations is particularly of note, particularly since it's online. "demonlover:" [T] his elegant cyberthriller captures a certain state of the contemporary world with the acuity, sensitivity, and precision of a seismograph registering the planet's tectonic shifts. "

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Its Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) and his centennial celebrations is particularly of note, particularly since it's online. "demonlover:" [T] his elegant cyberthriller captures a certain state of the contemporary world with the acuity, sensitivity, and precision of a seismograph registering the planet's tectonic shifts. "

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Columbia Pictures Sandra Bullock in the 1995 cyberthriller "The movies, boys tend to rule the box office.

    WN.com - Articles related to Michelle Williams mulls over Marilyn Monroe movie part 2009

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