At the Guardian, Andrew Crumey listed the top ten novels that predicted the future.One book on the list:
William Gibson: Neuromancer (1984)Read about another title on the list.
That's right, cyberspace. The year that saw the first Apple Mac go on sale was also when Gibson unleashed the idea of people plugging themselves into a virtual-reality matrix.
Neuromancer also appears on Annalee Newitz's list of "Thirteen Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots."
--Marshal Zeringue
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