Damien Broderick
Damien Francis Broderick (born 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer. His science fiction novel The Judas Mandala is sometimes credited with the first appearance of the term "virtual reality".
When the world is plunged into imminent disaster and destruction from the ravages of a plague, Donald and his family shoot forward in time to wait out the mayhem. But when his youngest daughter Fiona decides to return for a rock concert, the family's plans are thrown into chaos.