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James Cooke asked this question about The Shockwave Rider:
Is this the first novel to actually use the word 'Cyberpunk' or does that belong to Neuromancer? Just ordered both, so maybe will find out soon.
Ingo Keck I can not really answer that question but would like to point out that both books complement each other if the reader wants to understand the Cyberpun…moreI can not really answer that question but would like to point out that both books complement each other if the reader wants to understand the Cyberpunk culture. I think it was either Wau Holland or Peter Glaser who said/wrote that The Shockwave Rider describes the Utopia of Cyberpunk society while Neuromancer describes the Dystopia that we are going to have.(less)
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The Shockwave Rider
by John Brunner
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