"I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate."

Rhino was kind enough to point this out to me:

"This date in history, June 25, 1982: "Blade Runner" released. It depicts a nightmarish future where Schlitz and Atari are dominant corporations."

Wow. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, E.T., Tron, Poltergiest, Blade Runner, all within weeks of each other.