The aim of the paper is to concisely describe what cyberpunk and cyberculture are, and how they are connected to the contemporary world. The introduction will deal with the historical context of their conception – precursors in science fiction, the social climate that affected its development, pioneering works such as the Sprawl trilogy, Blade Runner and their contemporaries. The first chapter will deal with the setting and the aesthetics of the genre and the influence of the gothic genre on it. The second part will deal with the question of the body (body modification, cyborgs, the topic of “purity” and the metaphorical “death” of the body). The next part will deal with the fear of technology and artificial intelligence, recurring motifs in the genre. The final part will delve into the questions of gender and sexuality in cyberpunk.