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		jhbadger on April 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk And it is pretty obviously referring to 1992 current events. To modern readers L. Bob Rife is just a funny villain, but he was obviously a parody of 1992 outsider US Presidential Candidate H. Ross Perot.

nonesuchluck on April 6, 2022 [–]

Oh. To this modern reader, L. Bob Rife was just an obvious parody of L. Ron Hubbard.

But he wasn't a Texan, so I suppose I see your angle. Interesting bit of flavor.

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