The shockwave rider

246 pages

English language

Published Aug. 13, 1975 by Harper & Row.

OCLC Number:
5246372

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This 1975 book pretty much nailed the contradictions inherent in global networking, long before the network was created. It's full of wiretapping spooks, genius kids, networked churches, fake identities, network worms, encryption, nonprofits that outfox the spooks to help society, the works.

12 editions

1970s view of the Internet

The characters and story didn't do it for me, but I enjoyed seeing a 1970s sci-fi author's predictions of what it would look like if everyone had a networked computer with curated access to the world's knowledge.

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  • Science fiction