>'BUT it is interesting that a lot of people missed the possibility of personal technology in their imagining of the future (2001, Floyd using a video phone to call the kids, Gibson, Asimov et al)'Yeah.
Personally, I disagree with the notion that science fiction authors are or should mean to be making predictions with their writing. Basically, it doesn't make sense to say someone 'missed' if they weren't necessarily aiming in the first place.
Though, it's probably even more common to credit an author as prescient when he 'hits' so I guess it's a wash.
