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The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today

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  1. patience_limited
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    While I don't generally judge science fiction on its actual predictive power, John Brunner did hit eerily close to home on some things that other authors missed entirely. He's one of my obscure...

    While I don't generally judge science fiction on its actual predictive power, John Brunner did hit eerily close to home on some things that other authors missed entirely.

    He's one of my obscure favorites - The Shockwave Rider, The Sheep Look Up, and The Stone That Never Came Down [he wasn't much for creating popularizable titles] are all worth reading.

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  2. Thrabalen
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    I'd never heard of the man, and he's now my favorite sci-fi writer that I've never read. Which I plan to rectify. Thanks!

    I'd never heard of the man, and he's now my favorite sci-fi writer that I've never read. Which I plan to rectify. Thanks!

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