The author William Gibson is often credited with inventing the concept of cyberspace in his near-future science fiction novels, beginning with "Neuromancer" in 1984. But while Gibson's imagined world has been hailed as remarkably prescient of the Internet Age, Gibson himself points out that he missed at least one important prediction: None of his characters had cell phones. Can't win 'em all, I guess.
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