Cyberpunk vs. The Real World
Posted on May 30th, 2007 by admin
GlobalNerdy has published a great table comparing the recent “cyber-attacks” on Estonia with the first fictional account of cyberwar, from William Gibson’s brilliant 1984 debut Neuromancer, the book that gave us the term “cyberspace.” Science fiction writers predict the present, not the future. Gibson’s forthcoming next book, a mind-blower called Spook Country is a book so futuristic it could only have been set in 2006. Link
All geeks should get this, everyone else proceed to nod and smile.
Neuromancer is highly recommended , in case you are interested in Cyberpunk.
Source: Boingboing
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