Shockwave rider
There are numerous books on the science fictionmarket, that deal with the myriad of possibilities involving the technology of the future. John Brunner's book, "Shockwave Rider," is one of the most popular, as well as one of the most famous, books dealing with this issue. Brunner presents many different realities to the reader, and they are all potentially very realistic in terms of the current state of technology. For the most part, Brunner seems to illustrate that technology, as it relates to the world wide datanet, is a good thing. This is not to say that he does not illustrate it as a very negative reality in the world he presents to the reader, but he does indicate that the world wide datanet and technology has great potential to make the world a better In Brunner's book we have a reality that is incredibly tense, and almost plausible today. The space that the author deals with is filled with endless bits of information (information overload to be more precise), corporate domination, and it appears, just like many science fiction books that deal with the planet earth in the future, everything is known about everyone. there are
most part, to make a great deal of decisions that affect Although Brunner is clearly against technology such us in many ways. We live in a world that has the ability us that technology can be our friend and does have the as the world wide datanet would produce, he is also and often finds the most frightening reality to
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