Comment Re:Interesting article, but... (Score 1) 303
If I remember right there was two or three other Cyberpunk books out before Mr Gibson (a favourite author of mine) put out Neuromancer. I can't remember the author's name at the moment but he is often refered to as the Grandfather of Cyberpunk (Help... anybody?).
Speaking of Cyberpunk, there is a rollplaying game out buy the same name that I think came out before Shadowrun and it proved to be closer to reality, but still very prophetic. It predicted the Euro, the current recesion, and the technology based economy being super-successful to the point it has to be held back while farmers are suffering so much they are leaving farms like bands of gypsies. It too predicted that not only the multi-national mega-corps would have the resorces to control the world, but pushed for and won the right to take away the juristiction of contries and replace it with a body of their own creating (Can anyone say MAI? I knew you could).
Speaking of Cyberpunk, there is a rollplaying game out buy the same name that I think came out before Shadowrun and it proved to be closer to reality, but still very prophetic. It predicted the Euro, the current recesion, and the technology based economy being super-successful to the point it has to be held back while farmers are suffering so much they are leaving farms like bands of gypsies. It too predicted that not only the multi-national mega-corps would have the resorces to control the world, but pushed for and won the right to take away the juristiction of contries and replace it with a body of their own creating (Can anyone say MAI? I knew you could).
