The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today

In his 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner imagined life in 2010, correctly forecasting wearable technology, Viagra, video calls, same-sex marriage, the legalisation of cannabis, and the proliferation of mass shootings. Equally compelling, however – and even more instructive – is the process by which Brunner constructed this society of his future and our present.Read…