And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.
William Gibson (b. 1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and essayist
Count Zero, ch. 2 (1986)
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Gibson, William
The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.
William Gibson (b. 1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and essayist
Comment (1990s)
Original use is unconfirmed, earliest reference is in 1992. See here.
People who feel safer with a gun than with guaranteed medical insurance don’t yet have a fully adult concept of scary.
William Gibson (b. 1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and essayist
Twitter (1 Oct 2013)
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