Whatev. I prefer that other cyberpunk novel with a girl messenger heroine that came out a little earlier, Snow Crash.

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Aw, shit. I thought I'd made that up.

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And the Terminator idea is an old idea that I'm surprised they could sue on. The whole time travel wraparound also appears in a PKD short story, but instead of being someone's father, the guy was trying to get info about a rebellion leader in the past. He keeps trying different times in history, before and after to pinpoint when, and ends up becomming the rebel leader, who's more a jesus figure. Then his appearing after his "death", which was the past for time traveler, was proof of resurrection. Now that I think about it, it reminds me of twelve monkeys.

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He had a short story that was published in the 50/60s that was very terminator like.

Another story "second variety" is about a war with robots. the robots had five models that are identical to each other. Questions of what makes you human, etc. Characters in the story who think they are human are revealed to be robots. BSG anyone?

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"I always tell people that if Ms. Rowling would like to cut me a very large check, I would cash it. ["Wizard's Hall"] has got a boy named Henry [who] goes to wizard school, doesn't think he has talent. He has a good friend with red hair. There's a wicked wizard who's trying to destroy the school, and the pictures on the wall move and speak and change. I have kids who write to me all the time and say, "I thought you had stolen Harry Potter, but my teacher pointed out that you published it eight years before Harry Potter."

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