Starburst dingbat Birth of Raygun Gothic In these testing times with the likes of Korean dictators over-compensating with missile threats, humour is the order of the day. Raygun Gothic and Dingbats, as a 50's and 60's architectural style, had a connection to missiles, as the ray-guns had a missile shape and some of the Dingbat features looked like atoms. The term 'Raygun Gothic' was coined by science fiction author William Gibson (who also coined the term 'cyberspace' and created the cyberpunk genre) in his short story 'The Gernsback Continuum' (1981). Techno-noir* aptly described it as '