On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 09:32:37AM +0000, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I read a great science-fiction novel years, and years, and years ago, that > > I've been trying to find ever since. Well, well, well before NAFTA, well > > before > > this was even conceived of. I'd say at least 20 years ago, maybe even > > longer. > > > > Well, it wasn't that well-written, as I recall, but the ideas were starling > > and an eye opener. And ever since, as time has gone on, I feel it has > > become > > more and more prophetic. I wish I knew what the name of it was, maybe it > > was a > > short story. Some have written the same idea since, but it was the first > > one to > > do so as far as I know. > > > > The idea was - in the future there are no nations, only corporations, and > > all > > allegiance is to those corporations. People are citizens of corporations, > > not > > nations. > > One of the best being "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" AKA > "Bladerunner". > > I'll have to think a bit about which one might be the one you are thinking > about.
I'd definitely suggest taking a look at Phil Dick's stuff - he wrote quite a lot about dystopias being run by giant multinationals (IG Farben was one of his pet names for the opressive corporations). John Brunner might be another possibility.
