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Instances of mind-reading and mind-control technology in fictional media. The best resources for finding more BCI in fiction are NeuraFutures and bcifi.
| Name | Media Type | Director / Author | First Publication Year | Reference Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Matrix | Media Franchise | The Wachowskis | 1999 | IMDb |
| From Beyond | Short Story | H. P. Lovecraft | 1934 | Goodreads |
| Come True | Movie | Anthony Scott Burns | 2020 | IMDb |
| OtherLife | Movie | Ben C. Lucas | 2017 | IMDb |
| Accel World | Light Novel Series | Reki Kawahara | 2009 | Wikipedia |
| Altered Carbon | Novel | Richard K. Morgan | 2002 | Goodreads |
| Altered Carbon | TV Series | Laeta Kalogridis | 2018 | IMDb |
| Amped | Novel | Daniel H. Wilson | 2012 | Goodreads |
| Angelic Layer | Manga | Clamp | 1999 | IMDb |
| Aruvu Rezuru: Kikaijikake no Yōseitachi | Light Novel Series | Yū Yamaguchi | 2011 | Wikipedia |
| Battle Angel Alita | Manga | Yukito Kishiro | 1990 | Goodreads |
| Battle Angel Alita: Last Order | Manga | Yukito Kishiro | 2000 | Goodreads |
| Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle | Manga | Yukito Kishiro | 2014 | Goodreads |
| The Bionic Woman | TV Series | Kenneth Johnson | 1976 | IMDb |
| Black Hole (House) | TV Series Episode | Greg Yaitanes | 2010 | Wikipedia |
| Blame! | Manga | Tsutomu Nihei | 2003 | Goodreads |
| Star Treck | Media Franchise | Gene Roddenberry | 1995 | IMDb |
| Brainstorm | Movie | Douglas Trumbull | 1983 | IMDb |
| Call Me Joe | Novel | Poul Anderson | 1957 | Goodreads |
| CHAPPiE | Movie | Neill Blomkamp | 2015 | IMDb |
| The Daedalus Encounter | Video Game | Mechadeus, Lifelike Productions | 1995 | Wikipedia |
| Deus Ex | Video Game Series | Ion Storm, Eidos Montréal | 2000 | Wikipedia |
| Dream Logic (Fringe) | TV Series Episode | Paul A. Edwards | 2009 | IMDb |
| The Dream Master | Novel | Roger Zelazny | 1966 | Goodreads |
| Eclipse Phase | Role-playing Game | Catalyst Game Labs, Posthuman Studios | 2009 | Wikipedia |
| Eden: It's an Endless World! | Manga | Hiroki Endo | 1997 | Goodreads |
| The Entire History of You | TV Series Episode | Brian Welsh | 2011 | IMDb |
| Firefox | Movie | Clint Eastwood | 1982 | IMDb |
| Forever Peace | Novel | Joe Haldeman | 1997 | Goodreads |
| Ghost in the Shell | Media Franchise | Masamune Shirow | 1989 | Goodreads |
| H+: The Digital Series | Web Series | John Cabrera, Cosimo De Tommaso | 2012 | IMDb |
| Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising | Video Game | Rage Games Limited | 2001 | Wikipedia |
| Joe 90 | TV Series | Gerry and Sylvia Anderson | 1968 | IMDb |
| Knights of Sidonia | Manga | Tsutomu Nihei | 2009 | Goodreads |
| The Light of Other Days | Novel | Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter | 2000 | Goodreads |
| Neuromancer | Novel | William Gibson | 1984 | Goodreads |
| The Nexus Trilogy | Novel Trilogy | Ramez Naam | 2012 | Goodreads |
| Orion's Arm | World-Building Project | M. Alan Kazlev, Donna Malcolm Hirsekorn, Bernd Helfert, Anders Sandberg | 2000 | Wikipedia |
| Pacific Rim | Movie | Guillermo del Toro | 2013 | IMDb |
| Plus | Novel | Joseph McElroy | 1977 | Goodreads |
| Profession | Novel | Isaac Asimov | 1957 | Goodreads |
| Perry Rhodan | Novel Series | K. H. Scheer, Walter Ernsting | 1961 | Goodreads |
| Rifts | Role-playing Game | Palladium Books | 1990 | Wikipedia |
| 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 | IMDb |
| Serial Experiments Lain | TV Series | Ryūtarō Nakamura | 1998 | IMDb |
| 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 | IMDb |
| Strange Days | Movie | Kathryn Bigelow | 1995 | IMDb |
| Sword Art Online | Novel Series | Reki Kawahara | 2002 | Goodreads |
| The Terminal Man | Novel | Michael Crichton | 1972 | Goodreads |
| They're Made Out of Meat | Short Story | Terry Bisson | 1991 | Goodreads |
| Transcendence | Movie | Wally Pfister | 2014 | IMDb |
| Transhuman Space | Role-playing Game | David L. Pulver | 2002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhuman_Space |
| True Names | Novel | Vernor Vinge | 1981 | Goodreads |
| The Winter Market | Short Story | William Gibson | 1986 | Goodreads |
| The Vindicator | Movie | Jean-Claude Lord | 1986 | IMDb |
| Mindkiller | Novel | Spider Robinson | 1982 | Goodreads |
| Ringworld | Novel Series | Larry Niven | 1970 | Goodreads |
| Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Novel | Cory Doctorow | 2003 | Goodreads |
| Known Space | Fictional Setting | Larry Niven | 1964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space |
| Serenity | Movie | Joss Whedon | 2005 | IMDb |
| The Ship Who Sang | Novel | Anne McCaffrey | 1985 | Goodreads |
| The Whisperer in Darkness | Novel | H. P. Lovecraft | 1931 | Goodreads |
| 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 |
| All of Me | Movie | Carl Reiner | 1984 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-385c40c0-0bd0-5802-ae3e-f28dfa26ea86 |
| The Man with Two Brains | Movie | Carl Reiner | 1983 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-4d277f5e-0bb5-52f5-b7df-8ca4002385f6 |
| Avatar | Movie | James Cameron | 2009 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-a428e23b-920c-57d0-97b2-82152be7332e |
| The Bad Guys | Movie | Pierre Perifel | 2022 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-a41d1496-2f0b-529c-bebe-f3e200096003 |
| Rick and Morty | TV Series | Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland | 2013 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-350547d5-5af3-576f-9c47-e1f6992ec061 |
| The Peripheral | TV Series | William Gibson, Scott B. Smith | 2022 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-8f7fdf36-bdd2-5172-92a2-2a9eee6a1082 |
| 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 |
| Hector and the Search for Happiness | Movie | Peter Chelsom | 2014 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-c045ff71-5c8a-5d79-942f-094938e1c3b3 |
| Johnny Mnemonic | Movie | Robert Longo | 1993 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-1fe553d1-37f9-5b36-92c5-f8daa109a361 |
| Detective Pikachu | Movie | Rob Letterman | 2019 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-adf589bb-a0d8-5fcc-89ac-696c6ec8077e |
| 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 |
| Ancillary Justice | Novel | Ann Leckie | 2013 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-0cd164e0-a664-53d1-82de-72191392286c |
| Inception | Movie | Christopher Nolan | 2010 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-a406d277-8db7-57ad-9137-d474c01c3b0e |
| 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 |
| Vanilla Sky | Movie | Cameron Crowe | 2001 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-b9fe95b7-b3d1-5f58-a378-d345b8869043 |
| Dreamscape | Movie | Joseph Ruben | 1984 | https://www.neurafutures.com/movie/more-info-about-31128542-489e-557f-8406-891f9a13d796 |
| Dark Angel | TV Series | James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee | 2000 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Infinite Enemy | Novel | Kira Adams | 1938 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Snow Crash | Novel | Neal Stephenson | 1992 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Godzilla vs. Kong | Movie | Adam Wingard | 2021 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Minions | Anime | Kyle Balda | 2015 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Nexus Trilogy | Novel | C.A. Farlow | 2012 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Solar Opposites | sitcom | Mike McMahan, Justin Roiland | 2021 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Rick and Morty | sitcom | Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland | 2015 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| StarCraft | game | Blizzard Entertainment | 1998 | Neurafutures |
| Until the End of the World | Movie | Wim Wenders | 1991 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Winter Market | Short Story | William Gibson | 1986 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Murder in the Void | Novel | Hephaestus Books | 1938 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Movie | Stephen Sommers | 2009 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Poseidon’s Children (The Legacy of the Gods) | Novel | Michael West | 2012 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Neuromancer | Novel | William Gibson | 1986 | Neurafutures,Goodreads |
| Death by Ecstasy | Novel | Ngaio Marsh | 1969 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Warehouse 13 | TV Series | Jane Espenson, D. Brent Mote | 2009 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| _Captain Future_ | Novel | Dav Pilkey | 1940 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Minority Report | Movie | Steven Spielberg | 2002 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Criminal | Movie | Ariel Vromen | 2016 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| X-Men | Movie | Bryan Singer | 1964 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| THX 1138 | Movie | George Lucas | 1971 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| American Dad | sitcom | Mike BarkerSeth, MacFarlaneMatt, Weitzman | 2011 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Angelic Layer | Anime | Clamp | 1999 | Neurafutures, Wikipedia |
| Dollhouse | TV Series | Joss Whedon | 2009 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Captain Marvel | Movie | Anna Boden | 2019 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Psycho-Pass | Anime | Kieron J. Walsh | 2013 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Nick Hall, thrilogy | Novel | Douglas E. Richards | 2014 | Neurafutures |
| Easy Money | Novel | Christopher Leonard, Jacques Roy | 1938 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Deepness in the Sky | Novel | Vernor Vinge | 1999 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Spin State Trilogy | Novel | Chris Moriarty | 2003 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Accel World | Anime | Reki Kawahara | 2009 | Neurafutures, Wikipedia |
| Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Novel | Cory Doctorow | 2003 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Hot Head | Novel | Damon Suede | 1992 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Sword Art Online | Anime | Reki Kawahara | 2009 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Advantageous | Movie | Jennifer Phang | 2015 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Star Trek: First Contact | Movie | Jonathan Frakes | 1996 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Lies, Inc. (The Unteleported Man) | Novel | Philip K. Dick | 1964 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Self Less | Movie | Tarsem Singh | 2015 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Closer (Axiomatic) | Short Story | Greg Egan | 1995 | Neurafutures |
| The Dream Master | Novel | Roger Zelazny | 1966 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Source Code | Movie | Duncan Jones | 2011 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | TV Series | Gene Roddenberry | 1990 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Zack Snyder's Justice League | Movie | Zack Snyder | 2021 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The City and the Stars | Novel | Arthur C. Clarke | 1956 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Hella | Novel | David Gerrold | 2020 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Lord of Light | Novel | Roger Zelazny | 1967 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Westworld | TV Series | Colin Burgess | 2018 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | TV Series | Rick Berman, Michael Piller | 1999 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Night's Dawn Trilogy | Novel | Mark Haddon | 1996 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| The Beyond | Movie | Hasraf Dulull | 2017 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| Avatar | Movie | James Cameron | 2009 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Conquest of Gola | Novel | Leslie F. Stone | 1931 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| The Comet Doom | Novel | Karen Wallace | 1929 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Avatar | Movie | James Cameron | 2009 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Ancient Brain | Novel | Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen | 1929 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |
| Black Adam | Movie | Jaume Collet-Serra | 2022 | Neurafutures, IMDb |
| The Human Blend (The Tipping Point Trilogy) | Novel | Alan Dean Foster | 2010 | Neurafutures, Goodreads |