- Science fiction, Fiction in English, Nickie Haflinger (Fictitious character), Fiction
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.
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Cool, epic, grave and plot-driven.
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- John Brunner
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Orbit, Del Rey Books, Harper & Row
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345324313
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John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA Award in 1970. His first novel, Galactic Storm, was written under the pen-name Gill Hunt when he was seventeen. He did not start writing full-time until 1958, some years after his military service.
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