Brain Computer Interfaces In Fiction

Instances of mind-reading and mind-control technology in fictional media.

Name	Media Type	Director / Author	First Publication Year	Reference Link
The Matrix	Media Franchise	The Wachowskis	1999	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
From Beyond	Short Story	H. P. Lovecraft	1934	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11961382-from-beyond
Come True	Movie	Anthony Scott Burns	2020	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026488/
OtherLife	Movie	Ben C. Lucas	2017	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4693358/
Accel World	Light Novel Series	Reki Kawahara	2009	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accel_World
Altered Carbon	Novel	Richard K. Morgan	2002	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40792913-altered-carbon
Altered Carbon	TV Series	Laeta Kalogridis	2018	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261227/
Amped	Novel	Daniel H. Wilson	2012	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12678461-amped
Angelic Layer	Manga	Clamp	1999	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343274/
Aruvu Rezuru: Kikaijikake no Yōseitachi	Light Novel Series	Yū Yamaguchi	2011	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruvu_Rezuru:_Kikaijikake_no_Y%C5%8Dseitachi
Battle Angel Alita	Manga	Yukito Kishiro	1990	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/844422.Battle_Angel_Alita
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order	Manga	Yukito Kishiro	2000	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60295.Battle_Angel_Alita_Last_Order_
Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle	Manga	Yukito Kishiro	2014	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30325410-battle-angel-alita---mars-chronicle-band-1
The Bionic Woman	TV Series	Kenneth Johnson	1976	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073965/
Black Hole (House)	TV Series Episode	Greg Yaitanes	2010	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_(House)
Blame!	Manga	Tsutomu Nihei	2003	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32321.Blame_Vol_1
Star Treck	Media Franchise	Gene Roddenberry	1995	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/
Brainstorm	Movie	Douglas Trumbull	1983	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/
Call Me Joe	Novel	Poul Anderson	1957	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12509021-call-me-joe
CHAPPiE	Movie	Neill Blomkamp	2015	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823672/
The Daedalus Encounter	Video Game	Mechadeus, Lifelike Productions	1995	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daedalus_Encounter
Deus Ex	Video Game Series	Ion Storm, Eidos Montréal	2000	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex
Dream Logic (Fringe)	TV Series Episode	Paul A. Edwards	2009	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498335/
The Dream Master	Novel	Roger Zelazny	1966	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61992.The_Dream_Master
Eclipse Phase	Role-playing Game	Catalyst Game Labs, Posthuman Studios	2009	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase
Eden: It's an Endless World!	Manga	Hiroki Endo	1997	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32277.Eden
The Entire History of You	TV Series Episode	Brian Welsh	2011	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2089050/
Firefox	Movie	Clint Eastwood	1982	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083943/
Forever Peace	Novel	Joe Haldeman	1997	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War
Ghost in the Shell	Media Franchise	Masamune Shirow	1989	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35870.Ghost_in_the_Shell
H+: The Digital Series	Web Series	John Cabrera, Cosimo De Tommaso	2012	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1730523/
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising	Video Game	Rage Games Limited	2001	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_Waters:_Antaeus_Rising
Joe 90	TV Series	Gerry and Sylvia Anderson	1968	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062573/
Knights of Sidonia	Manga	Tsutomu Nihei	2009	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11100681-knights-of-sidonia-1
The Light of Other Days	Novel	Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter	2000	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/823062.The_Light_of_Other_Days
Neuromancer	Novel	William Gibson	1984	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088007-neuromancer
The Nexus Trilogy	Novel Trilogy	Ramez Naam	2012	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13642710-nexus
Orion's Arm	World-Building Project	M. Alan Kazlev, Donna Malcolm Hirsekorn, Bernd Helfert, Anders Sandberg	2000	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion%27s_Arm
Pacific Rim	Movie	Guillermo del Toro	2013	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/
Plus	Novel	Joseph McElroy	1977	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/888886.Plus
Profession	Novel	Isaac Asimov	1957	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13614182-profession
Perry Rhodan	Novel Series	K. H. Scheer, Walter Ernsting	1961	https://www.goodreads.com/series/76674-perry-rhodan---heftromane
Rifts	Role-playing Game	Palladium Books	1990	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifts_(role-playing_game)
Rise 2: Resurrection	Video Game	Mirage	1996	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_2:_Resurrection
Rise of the Robots	Video Game	Mirage	1994	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Robots
RoboCop	Movie	Paul Verhoeven	1987	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/
Serial Experiments Lain	TV Series	Ryūtarō Nakamura	1998	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/
Shadowrun	Role-playing Game	FASA, Fantasy Productions, Catalyst Game Labs	1989	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun
Skysurfer Strike Force	TV Series	Walt Kubiak	1995	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211867/
Strange Days	Movie	Kathryn Bigelow	1995	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/
Sword Art Online	Novel Series	Reki Kawahara	2002	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6528980-1
The Terminal Man	Novel	Michael Crichton	1972	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7679.The_Terminal_Man
They're Made Out of Meat	Short Story	Terry Bisson	1991	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11753829-they-re-made-out-of-meat
Transcendence	Movie	Wally Pfister	2014	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/
Transhuman Space	Role-playing Game	David L. Pulver	2002	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhuman_Space
True Names	Novel	Vernor Vinge	1981	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280983.True_Names
The Winter Market	Short Story	William Gibson	1986	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53657364-the-winter-market
The Vindicator	Movie	Jean-Claude Lord	1986	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092172/
Mindkiller	Novel	Spider Robinson	1982	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218682.Mindkiller
Ringworld	Novel Series	Larry Niven	1970	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61179.Ringworld
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom	Novel	Cory Doctorow	2003	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29587.Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom
Known Space	Fictional Setting	Larry Niven	1964	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space
Serenity	Movie	Joss Whedon	2005	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/
The Ship Who Sang	Novel	Anne McCaffrey	1985	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203288.The_Ship_Who_Sang
The Whisperer in Darkness	Novel	H. P. Lovecraft	1931	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33515572-the-whisperer-in-darkness
The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton	Novel	Edmond Hamilton	2009	https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/5767577-the-metal-giants-and-others
Captain Future	Magazine	Better Publications	1940	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Future_(magazine)
Call Me Joe	Novel	Poul Anderson, Frank Kelly Freas	1957	https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/12509021-call-me-joe
Black Adam	Movie	Jaume Collet-Serra	2022	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-56e7b43a-27c4-5f67-848e-fa68b53a7adf https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6443346/
All of Me	Movie	Carl Reiner	1984	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-385c40c0-0bd0-5802-ae3e-f28dfa26ea86 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086873/
The Man with Two Brains	Movie	Carl Reiner	1983	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-4d277f5e-0bb5-52f5-b7df-8ca4002385f6 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085894/
Avatar	Movie	James Cameron	2009	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-a428e23b-920c-57d0-97b2-82152be7332e https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/
The Bad Guys	Movie	Pierre Perifel	2022	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-a41d1496-2f0b-529c-bebe-f3e200096003 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8115900/
Rick and Morty	TV Series	Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland	2013	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-350547d5-5af3-576f-9c47-e1f6992ec061 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2861424/
The Peripheral	TV Series	William Gibson, Scott B. Smith	2022	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-8f7fdf36-bdd2-5172-92a2-2a9eee6a1082 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8291284/
DC League of Super-Pets	Movie	Jared Stern, Sam J. Levine	2022	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-1d210bf9-95df-57a5-871d-42703de51045 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8912936/
Hector and the Search for Happiness	Movie	Peter Chelsom	2014	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-c045ff71-5c8a-5d79-942f-094938e1c3b3 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1626146/
Johnny Mnemonic	Movie	Robert Longo	1993	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-1fe553d1-37f9-5b36-92c5-f8daa109a361 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/
Detective Pikachu	Movie	Rob Letterman	2019	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-adf589bb-a0d8-5fcc-89ac-696c6ec8077e https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5884052/
Days of Future Future - The Simpsons	TV Episode	Mike B. Anderson, Bob Anderson	2014	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-b84c8dc2-0b3c-5625-a1ee-21b7685ec340 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3181488/
Ancillary Justice	Novel	Ann Leckie	2013	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-0cd164e0-a664-53d1-82de-72191392286c https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333324-ancillary-justice
Inception	Movie	Christopher Nolan	2010	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-a406d277-8db7-57ad-9137-d474c01c3b0e https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
Star Trek The Next Generation: Shades of Gray	TV Episode	Rob Bowman	1989	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-dc6eba5a-7f09-51c6-834e-859b7f35809e https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708772/
Vanilla Sky	Movie	Cameron Crowe	2001	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-b9fe95b7-b3d1-5f58-a378-d345b8869043 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/
Dreamscape	Movie	Joseph Ruben	1984	https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-31128542-489e-557f-8406-891f9a13d796 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087175/