On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 03:14:39AM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
I think that there's market-based stuff in Islam that predates Western capitalism. There's also a lot that anticipates socialism. Building on Christianity. I sometimes wonder where we'd be if Islam had gone global before Christianity did.
You should check out the When Gravity Falls trilogy by George Effinger, classic cyberpunk written in the late 80s... Very reminescent of Gibson's sprawl stuff, except the central conceit is that Western society has collapsed and the Islamic countries have come to dominance. Its been a while since I've read them, and obviously they are just as dated as Neuromancer, but I think the books hold up pretty well... (Neuromancer still holds up quite well, IMO).. John