Title says it all. Through osmosis and whatnot I have gained an interest in the cyberpunk genre and have watched several old media which originated it (Bladerunner, Forbin project Colossus) and read the Neuromancer.
I would like to read the lore of Shadowrun but I won't use the core system, I would rather use it on a different system and just base my lore on that.
So what can I read? Alongside that, would it be better if I try to look up and buy the old core books (I mean 1e here) to read and see how it evolves or am I not losing anything by just skipping a few editions?