mass market paperback
Published Feb. 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books.
The Shockwave Rider
by John Brunner
4 stars
(21 reviews)
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.
