Out of all such writers, few seem a more unlikely seer of our times than the US author Philip K Dick, who died 40 years ago today at the age of 53. Whether it's the threat to women's rights in the work of Margaret Atwood, the architectural and social dystopias of JG Ballard's novels, or the internet-predicting world of E M Forster's The Machine Stops (1909), the genre is replete with prophetic writers dealing with ever more familiar issues. Writers of science fiction often feel more prescient than others. – The sci-fi director of the 21st Century – Why Octavia E Butler's novels are so relevant Adverts tailored to my personality pop up. I give my details to a company to enter the digital realm. A strangely large number have the camera flipped, and are capturing their faces at different angles, as if they've forgotten what they look like. Through into the waiting room, people are staring into little screens. The machines assess the data regarding my health and microbiology. I scan codes showing my vaccination status and recent Covid test results. The technology recognises me and lets me through.
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