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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 614417" data-attributes="member: 151">Known Space and Other Stories, by Larry Niven.True Names, by Vernor Vinge.Neuromancer, by William Gibson.There are more, but based on the limiting criteria you specified, I'll stop with those.&nbsp; True Names, written in 1980, was amazingly spot on in it's prediction of Internet Culture.&nbsp; Particularly if you factor Everquest into the equation.&nbsp; Note that he was four years ahed of Neuromancer, and two from Johnny Mnemonic.&nbsp; Neuromancer was just a mind explosion, when it was new.&nbsp; It re-imagined, for the general public, what the future might be.&nbsp; Gibson may not have invented the genre of cyber-punk, but he brought it to the masses in a way never before seen.And Larry Niven, once my favorite author, still manages to deliver a solid punch with his short stories.&nbsp; His near future stories, particulary dealing with Gil Hamilton and ARM, as well as the slightly near future stories were always some of my favorites (such as the teleporter tube whodunnit story).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 614417, member: 151"] Known Space and Other Stories, by Larry Niven. True Names, by Vernor Vinge. Neuromancer, by William Gibson. There are more, but based on the limiting criteria you specified, I'll stop with those. True Names, written in 1980, was amazingly spot on in it's prediction of Internet Culture. Particularly if you factor Everquest into the equation. Note that he was four years ahed of Neuromancer, and two from Johnny Mnemonic. Neuromancer was just a mind explosion, when it was new. It re-imagined, for the general public, what the future might be. Gibson may not have invented the genre of cyber-punk, but he brought it to the masses in a way never before seen. And Larry Niven, once my favorite author, still manages to deliver a solid punch with his short stories. His near future stories, particulary dealing with Gil Hamilton and ARM, as well as the slightly near future stories were always some of my favorites (such as the teleporter tube whodunnit story). [/QUOTE]

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