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Originally Posted by PatrickPurcell
And I thought "gritty realism" was hard to come by, personally. As a writer of sci fi and cyberpunk, I'm reminded of a quote: "It's isn't the science fiction writer's job to predict the automobile, it's the writer's job to predict the traffic jam."
No idea who made the quote, but it's always stuck with me.
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Good quote.
Reminds me of Alfred Bester's jaunting world and the culture it made.
Or Larry Niven's teleport booths and flash mobs.
(Which we now have *without* the booths. Most unfair.)
