false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169578946m/41070.jpg 41070 14 This book has always been popular with the techy-geeky crowd, but, since it was first published in the '70s, it missed out on the cyberpunk revolution of the '80s. It's too bad, because this is a compelling story of a future world tied together by a universal data network, a world that could be our tomorrow. It's a tense place filled with information overload and corporate domination, and nearly everything is known about everybody. Except Nickie Haflinger, a prodigy whose talents allow him to switch identities with a phone call. Nickie plans to change the world, if only he can keep from getting caught. 868164 1975 The Shockwave Rider total:182|5:51|4:73|3:44|2:12|1:2| 182 705 291 22 4 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Sat Jun 06 01:24:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 01:33:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 06 17:16:10 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 13 16:46:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 19:59:55 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 15 16:41:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Aug 10 12:50:54 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:37 -0800 2009 Neuromancer, it predates the labeling of the genre. This book has some very interesting ideas, it predicts computer hackers, computer viruses and worms working through the global...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Fri Jan 02 18:42:27 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:42:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 16:17:51 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 16:20:38 -0800 2009
This book is in the cyber-fiction ca...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 16:57:44 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 14:08:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1987 Tue Oct 20 14:11:03 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:12:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Mon Apr 06 18:22:35 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 18:24:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 03:31:13 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 03:32:32 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 22:50:23 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 23:03:19 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 12 09:01:43 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 09:05:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 17:13:22 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 17:15:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Dec 12 22:00:53 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 23:05:51 -0800 2007 Also there are talking dogs, telephone confessional, genetic experimentation, interrogation, hacking, running from the law, dystopia, emotional breakdown, multiple ide...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 11:16:49 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 08:13:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Mar 01 22:54:57 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 23:38:25 -0800 2009 1 5 0 true false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 12:12:43 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 12:13:16 -0700 2008 The Shockwave Rider. What an awesome psychedelic dystopian freakout. (And what a comment on today that 1975's dystopia seems pretty livable. And I find the third act hopelessly optimistic.)]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 07 06:28:29 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 07 22:57:24 -0700 2008
Not so much for the predictions about the world we now live in, lo these many years later, altho seeing what the author got right, and what he got wrong, is interesting... no. I loved the town of Precipice, CA.

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