>>41052769
oh yeah, i forgot, neuromancer. that seeded the 'virtual reality simulation' trope pretty hard in this burgeoning genre with its conception of cyberspace. matrix picked it up wholesale and gibson didnt mind. neuromancer invented the concept of the 'matrix' in the first place. still looking for a good quality copy of the comic.

Even regular LAN cables are called 'ethernet' cables. It was seeded throughout the technologisation sphere. It's no accident the first google tablet was called the nexus 7. what do you think tech nerds are into?

https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Matrix