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title: "The Shockwave Rider"
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# The Shockwave Rider

**Brand:** john brunner
**Price:** A$48
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- **What is this?** The Shockwave Rider by john brunner
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## Customer Reviews

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    Worth a second look
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2016*

John Brunner is arguably the innovator of the cyberpunk genre (think Neuromancer or Count Zero from William Gibson, or Neil Stephenson's Diamond Age or Snow Crash).The Shockwave Rider tells a story of a dystopian future, where every aspect of daily life is controlled by corporations, humans are slaves to their station in life, and there's no hope or escape.  One man has found a way to fight the system, to hide who he is by altering his identity, and makes multiple attempts to change the system for the better.  His backstory is filled in as the book progresses, how he came to be who he is and why he is able to do the things he is able to do.Some of the writing is a bit ham-handed (I don't think Brunner displays a deft hand when it comes to interpersonal relationships), but the more general over-arching themes of government-corporate partnership, social stratification, global surveillance, and cultural oppressiveness are well fleshed out carry the story.  If you enjoy cyberpunk or dystopian future stories, it's worth a read.

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    How could a book this good fall through the cracks of Sci Fi
  

*by M***D on Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2018*

I will be honest - my actual review is 4 stars instead of 5. This amazing book has been so ignored by the Sci Fi community that I am bumping it up to 5 stars.Near future Sci Fi is difficult to pull off because if the book stays around long enough the predictions will be disproved. Brunner managed to get a lot of his predictions right. "Tapeworms" and "phages" predicted computer worms and viruses. The hacking and lack of privacy looks correct. We are on the verge of the "genetic optimization" prediction. "Economic Obsolescence" looks correct. Social paranoia from lack of trust from unprecedented data flow looks a lot like the political climate we have today. Globalization also looks like the world of today. Even having organized criminals in government sounds like today. ;-) The hacking of "Delphi Pools" seem a lot like the hacking that is currently in financial markets. Even the over specialization seems correct.So why is this book ignored? It doesn't even have an audible book yet. I get the impression that John Brunner was not liked by the Sci Fi community.

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    A remarkable and prescient story...
  

*by D***H on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2014*

"The Shockwave Rider" by John Brunner is a story that is quite simply stunning and remarkable. Prescient, erudite, intense, all to real, and disturbing. With similarities to "Catch Me If You Can" and Orwell's "1984" this story will grab you with its eclectic verbiage, emotion, and prophetic storyline. The writing style is fluid, the atmospheric backdrops stunning, the science both encouraging and unsettling. Technology run amok...this is a must read for all futurists and fans of the science fiction genre. 4 stars!!!!

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