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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please.

I'm really excited to see what Lemmy has.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (3 children)

William Gibson. He's a huge influence on modern scifi

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Not just modern scifi but modern reality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Thought so too, and looked it up, Burning Chrome is from the 80s.

[–] Jarix 1 points 8 months ago

This was my first thought, but realize he's probably not well known enough.... Yet