[Quiet Man Cometh]

As far as sci-fi goes, I've only read two: William Gibson's Neuromancer and Philip K Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep? Both are in what would be called the "Cyber punk" genre which I think was started by PK Dick. Gibson has a number of novels and shorts, and is credited with coining the term "Cyberspace."

Neuromancer is one of the frontrunners of cyberpunk if I recall correctly (thinking back to second year lit here) and is a precursor for The Matrix in a way. The idea of ones consciousness being able to travel via computer is a main theme though not something eveyone can do. It struck as being very Tron-like in some areas as far as visuals go. It is something I think it would be neat to see made into a movie, and I believe it was at some point, or at least one character, Molly, was played in real life in another story.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is the book inspiration behind Blade Runner, though the two have fairly different representations of the characters and certain points of the story. Rick comes off as much more of a jerk in the movie to me, than he does in the book, but I like movie Roy better than book Roy. It's the only PK Dick book I've read and I have heard that it isn't his best or most popular, though it seems to be the most common.

And if I could remember my stupid quote thought from earlier I'd post it. :p