speculative fiction that attempts to feel out how something that fits the exact use of the modern internet might work (I remember reading a Stanislaw Lem book that went on & on about the internet but made out of cassette tapes) because they were written half a century ago or books that get starried-eyed about what the internet might turn out to be used for (wHaT iF yOu HaVe To BuY aIr OnLiNe. Id even r what book this was) to be incredibly tedious.
It's gotten to the point that when looking for books to read, if a book is scifi & written before y2k I just straight up skip it. I have no tolerance anymore for people from the 60's speculating on what the internet might be. Anyone else get this?
I can see where they got the impression