The force of the government is strong. Winston Smith falls in love, a forbidden situation. Orwell is a fantastic writer who paints this future so vividly, it's scary. Adams, author of the celebrated Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series, puts Gently is situations that are . . . Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury 1953 Montag, the hero of the book, is a fireman.
Books are illegal.
Montag begins to broaden his mind, and then gets himself into trouble. This entertaining book describes the idea of Martian spirituality. Gibson is a master of his craft and breathes life into the world of a computer matrix dominated by omniscient artificial intelligences and clever human hackers. This is a must-read for, well, anyone. Visionary Huxley delineated in 1932 the future of humanity, where we seem to be now.