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| Author | John Brunner |
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| Cover artist | Creston Ely |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 0-06-010559-3 |
| OCLC | 1093694 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.B89 Sj3 PR6052.R8 |
The Shockwave Rider is a science fiction novel by John Brunner, originally published in 1975. It is notable for its hero's use of computer hacking skills to escape pursuit in a dystopian future, and for the coining of the word "worm" to describe a program that propagates itself through a computer network.[1][2] It also introduces the concept of a Delphi pool,[3] perhaps derived from the RAND Corporation's Delphi method – a futures market on world events which bears close resemblance to DARPA's controversial and cancelled Policy Analysis Market.
- ^ "The Evolution of Cyberpunk", Nick Ravo and Eric Nash, The New York Times, 8 August 1993. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Craig E. Engler (1997). "The Shockwave Rider". Classic Sci-Fi Reviews. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ "Delphi Pool", Technovelgy.com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.