Geoff Ryman’s Air is about a near-future handwavium Internet that is transmitted directly into peoples’ brains. But the novel takes place in rural central Asia, where tractors and televisions are considered high tech, so the people aren’t exactly on the same page with the Air net being beamed to their heads. Things don’t go as expected, but neither does the thing devolve into a lazy dystopia at any point.
Geoff Ryman’s Air is about a near-future handwavium Internet that is transmitted directly into peoples’ brains. But the novel takes place in rural central Asia, where tractors and televisions are considered high tech, so the people aren’t exactly on the same page with the Air net being beamed to their heads. Things don’t go as expected, but neither does the thing devolve into a lazy dystopia at any point.