About 20 years ago, there was a Stephen King book called Cell, in which everyone receives a phone call on their cell phones at once and the sound they hear programs their brains to become rage zombies or something. I never read it, but my coworker did. The protagonist of the book is a guy who never owned a cell phone and thus was not converted.
Best selling fiction authors, especially science fiction, have been used since at least Asimov's time by the government to work out scenarios based on specific technologies being available or used. Some of them were allowed to write novels later based on those predictions.
About 20 years ago, there was a Stephen King book called Cell, in which everyone receives a phone call on their cell phones at once and the sound they hear programs their brains to become rage zombies or something. I never read it, but my coworker did. The protagonist of the book is a guy who never owned a cell phone and thus was not converted.
Stephen King had his moments, however leftarded he is. Cell was a great read.
Best selling fiction authors, especially science fiction, have been used since at least Asimov's time by the government to work out scenarios based on specific technologies being available or used. Some of them were allowed to write novels later based on those predictions.
This is the plot of the Kingsman movie (either first or second one)