# The Shockwave Rider

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- Book: [The Shockwave Rider](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-brunner/the-shockwave-rider) ([The Shockwave Rider.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-brunner/the-shockwave-rider.md))
- Authors: [John Brunner](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-brunner)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-830-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2020-01-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In a world drowning in data and information and choking on novelty and innovation, Nickie Haflinger - a most dangerous fugitive who doesn't even appear to exist - provides a window onto a global society falling apart in all directions, with madness run amok and personal freedom surrendered to computers and bureaucrats. Caught and about to be re-programmed, can he escape once again, defy the government and turn the tide of organizational destruction?