APM: Neuromancer at 25: What It Got Right, What It Got Wrong

jameschoate at austin.rr.com jameschoate at austin.rr.com
Wed Jul 1 17:19:56 PDT 2009


The novel, published on July 1, 1984, predicted the World Wide Web, cyberspace, and a lot of other things. Which of William Gibson's predictions have come true, and which still seem far off?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/167670/neuromancer_at_25_what_it_got_right_what_it_got_wrong.html

"The sky  above the port was the color  of television, tuned  to a  dead channel..."

http://lib.ru/GIBSON/neuromancer.txt

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