I just picked up a used copy somewhere of Shockwave Rider a few months ago and have been dipping in between pauses in this insane Diana Wynne Jones binge I'm in the middle of ...
Shockwave is great so far. Yes, prophetic ... Apparently inspired by Toffler's Future Shock. The terminology is a bit dated but so far the writing is otherwise fresh, it's deeply moral, cyberpunk well before its time ... Not all of its sociological imagination is spot on, but I keep thinking how it could be updated into an ass-kicking film script as well ... Josh Sorry for typos, I'm all thumbs on this stupid smartphone. On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Ric Bretschneider <ricb...@msn.com> wrote: > > Seconded on Shockwave Rider. Incredibly prophetic book, amazingly written 38 > years ago. Opened my mind to so many potentials that came true. > > Ric Bretschneider > ricbret.com > > > > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:43:09 -0800 > From: ceserf...@yahoo.com > To: t...@fanac.com; melc...@gmail.com; ba...@basfa.org; > gar...@computerhistory.org > Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for Jan 28 > > Thanks for the information, Tom, I haven't read Brunner's "Shockwave Rider," > but it sounds like it needs to go on to my list. So much to read, so much to > read. > > From: Tom Becker <t...@fanac.com> > To: Chuck Serface <ceserf...@yahoo.com>; melchar <melc...@gmail.com>; BASFA > list <ba...@basfa.org>; chris garcia <gar...@computerhistory.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for Jan 28 > > At 9:01 PM -0800 1/29/13, Chuck Serface wrote: > > Thanks for the links, Tom. I'm about three-fourths of the way through 2312 > > and I'm having a great time with it. The novel's structure reminds me a > > bit of John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar." > > Yes. Although my understanding is that Stan actually lives in Precipice from > "Shockwave Rider". > > Tom > > -- Tom Becker <t...@fanac.com> > Potlatch n. A science fiction convention where readers and > writers meet on common ground. http://potlatch-sf.org > > > > _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list > Basfa@lists.basfa.org http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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