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The Shockwave Rider by Brunner, John is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Shockwave Rider about?
A Science Fiction Book Club Selection"When John Brunner first told me of his intention to write this book, I was fascinated -- but I wondered whether he, or anyone, could bring it off. Bring it off he has -- with cool brilliance. A hero with transient personalities, animals with souls, think tanks and survival communities fuse to form a future so plausibly alive it has twitched at me ever since."-- Alvin TofflerAuthor of Future ShockHe Was The Most Dangerous Fugitive Alive, But He Didn't Exist!Nickie Haflinger had lived a score of lifetimes...but technically he didn't exist. He was a fugitive from Tarnover, the high-powered government think tank that had educated him. First he had broken his identity code -- then he escaped.Now he had to find a way to restore sanity and personal freedom to the computerized masses and to save a world tottering on the brink of disaster.He didn't care how he did it...but the government did. That's when his Tarnover teachers got him back in their labs...and Nickie Haflinger was set up for a whole new education!
Who reads The Shockwave Rider?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Brunner, John
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- 1976
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345274724
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Science Fiction
- Rating
- 3.97 / 5 (49 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14