Question science fiction: Punched cards for computers give the old age of the title.
However, let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.
the demolished man is a detective story with old. We know the murderer and which one will follow the preparations and the super-cop, will not cease to confound its author, all devilishly complicated by téléphatiques capacities of the different protagonists.
Science fiction is almost a pretext to make way for a detective novel that reads very easily with enough suspense to maintain focus throughout the novel.
A classic to discover or rediscover if only for obtaining the first Hugo Award awarded.