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"Show me one novel that predicted something like Fox and Friends, or The View. You can’t do it." The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster. https://www.bbc.com/news/
by RichardCA 7y ago
"Show me one novel that predicted something like Fox and Friends, or The View. You can’t do it."
The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36289890 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36289890
- Animats 7y agoI wouldn't have chosen "The Machine Stops". The movie "Network", (1976) is rather close to "Fox and Friends".[1] "The Space Merchants" (C. M. Kornbluth, 1952) is more about the advertising business but has aspects of that. [1] https://youtu.be/2FOD1jZr-S4 https://youtu.be/2FOD1jZr-S4
- RichardCA 7y agoI'm due to re-read J.G. Ballard. "Crash" is a hard read but it predicted the way porn alienates people from each other. "The Subliminal Man" (written in 1963) touches upon some interesting themes about manipulation via technology. http://search.lores.eu/opr0207B.htm http://search.lores.eu/opr0207B.htm
- pvg 7y agoLater than the 60s-ish period of the article but Ender's older brother shitposts his way to political power in Ender's Game.
- nitwit005 7y agoIt seemed puzzling to me that morning talk shows are somehow something a science fiction writer should have based a story around. The more general prediction of having a lot of vapid TV and news content is rather widely covered.