CYBERPUNK PRECURSORS: James Tiptree Jnr, 'Rollerball', William Gibson, Anthology Review  

You may think our world of internet marketing and social media influencers is new, but "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" predicted it- and the Corporate Utopia of "Rollerball Murder" reflects the background capitalism we live under today. Steve looks back at these seminal works of the early 1970s and reveals the influence of Tiptree over Gibson...plus another anthology review.
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