num_pages: 304
description: 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 cracking 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. It also introduces the concept of a Delphi pool, perhaps derived from the RAND Corporations' Delphi method - a futures market on world events which bears close resemblance to DARPA's controversial and cancelled Policy Analysis Market.
language: English
title: The Shockwave Rider
titlecomplete: The Shockwave Rider
characters: Nickie Haflinger
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia
ratings_count: 3990
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction
publisher: Futura Publications