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>From: cascio@garnet.berkeley.edu (Jamais Cascio)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,rec.arts.sf.misc,alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: _The Turing Option_
Date: 3 Sep 1992 15:38:38 GMT
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In article <1992Sep2.151858.12249@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks) writes:
>
>Not very far from what we have now, is it? Are there any other authors writing
>plausible fiction set about 75-100 years from now? As I look at the "science
>fiction" shelves at the local book monopolys (what's the word that implies 
>"monopoly", but indicates two dominating units?), I see a HELL of a lot of

the word you are looking for is "duopoloy"; anything beyond that is
called "oligopoly". 

>fluffy shit fantasy/Star Drek/Star Wars, but precious little that seems
>plausible or relevant (as Gibson unfortunately does), unless you count
>Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, which is getting closer every day.
>
btw-- F451 is on the list for the top 5 banned books in US schools...
wonder why?

>Mark Shanks

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